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4 f A TH3 associated PRZS3 DISPATCHX3 LAST EDITION - 4:00 P. 11 Weather Forecast: FAIR. VOL. XVI. NO. 281. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 4, 1912. 3c PER COPY Attempt to Describe "Typical Southern Beauty" TO FAS0 FOR VOTE TARIFF E ,ff A A i. etlDGEd 6IVES 11 T Washington Mourns Unevpect ed Passing of Famous Sea Fighter Many Expres- sions of Sympathy. BURIAL ON THURSDAY WITH NAVAL HONORS Companies of Marines and Blue-Jackets and Battalion of Midshipmen Will Be in Cortege. : Washington, Jan. 4. Official Wash ington generally did not learn until to day of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans' sudden demise last night and the news caused a great shock. Many were the expressions of sympathy for the aged wife and the family of the brave old sailor. Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Evans, the only son of he admiral, reached here from Boston this morn ing. Captain Marsh Evans, a son-in-law, was reached by wireless on the battleship Michigan but was unable to 'interrupt his cruise to the West Indies. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at All Souls' Unitarian church where President Taft attends. The pall-bearers have not been select ed but will be chosen from among the naval officers who served under .Ad miral Evans. The funeral cortege will .comprise four companies of ma rines, two or.three companies of blue? jackets, one battery of artillery and an entire battalion of midshipmen from Annapolis. Interment will be In Ar lington National cemetery- ' Admiral 'Evans, born 65 years ago in Floyd county, Virginia, arose yester day apparently in better health and spirits than he had enjoyed In some time. For years a sufferer from old wounds sustained In the civil war, and from recurrent" attacks of rheumatic pout, the aged fighter seemed to have "I shaken oK the burden of his advanc ing days. . He displayed high spirits at breakfast and ate a hearty .hunch eon at noon. - While In his library at 2 o'clock, the admiral was stricken. Instantly his family sent for Dr. S.- S. Adams, who on his arrival found the patient in great pain. After the treatment Ad miral Evans fell Into a restless sleep and It was thought that the danger had passed. Shortly after 4 o'clock however, he awakened, and raising himself with difficulty announced that he was choking. "I cannot get my breath," he said, and sank back. At 4:45 o'clock he died, conscious to the encT. At his beside at the time of his death were his wife, his daughter, Mrs. H. I. Bewail, and his daughter-in-law Mrs. Frank T. Evans, wife of the ad miral's only son, a lieutenant comman der in the navy now on duty on the torpedo boat destroyer' Monahan, at Boston. The only other member of his Immediate family who was not present was Mrs. Mars'.i, wife of Cap tain Charles C. Marsh,, commanding the armored cruiser North Carolina. The news spread with great rapidity and caused a profound shock In offi cial circles. President Taft was one of. the first to express his grief and condolence. He said: ; Praise From Taft, "Adlmral Evans was one of the most successful squadron commanders we . have had In the navy for a long time. He was a rigid disciplinarian of quick decision and admirably advised in the 1 Intricacy of the machinery of cruisers and battleships and skilled In drilling them. 1 am very sorry to hear of his death." Admiral Dewey was so overcome that he could utter but a few words. "I am shocked beyond measure at the udden death of my lifelong friend, Admiral Evans," was all he could say. ' Secretary Meyer paid this tribute to the officer's memory: - "By the sudden death of Admiral Evans, the country loses one of its most brilliant and able officers. It was on account of his ability that Prest dent Roosevelt selected him as com mander-in-chlef of the fleet that cruis ed around the world. Although on the retlrd list he had kept up his active . Interest In the service and his unex pected death comes as a shock to the navy." - Former Secretary of the Navy Met ' calf, who happened to be In Washing ton, pointed out that he had himself given Admiral Evans the command of the Atlantic fleet In its cruise around the world, ' the choicest assignment ever extended to an American naval officer in time of peace. , - "He was practically an ill man when he was selected for this .Important duty." Said Mr. Metcalf, 'but his splendid record Justified the depart ment in giving him this recognition of his long and efficient service. He was one of the most efficient and capa ble officers of the navy has known and his name has been a household word for manr years." One of the Iron links thai bound the old navy to the new, a commanding figure in each was Robley D. Evans. He did not take kindly to the aoTri quet of "Fighting Bob," for, although of gruff exterior, he as a man of the kindliest' impulses. Thus it never was lined In his presence by his friends. Hut his dauntless courage In times of great emergency; the grim determlna. tlon with which he bore his wounds and a wil unflinching In the face of Continued in iiga 6, Congressman Amplifies His Ex planation of Position on Sherwood Pension Bill. QUOTES THE COMMONER ON PENSION SUBJECT And Points Out Thai DeiiKXTuts MiiRt Carry Some Northern States If They Win. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, Jan. 4. Representative Gudger of the Tenth North Carolina district gives out the following interview: "My attention has been called to an open letter from -Mr. Gallert In the Rutherfordton Sun, requesting me to make a statement regarding the Sher wood pension bill, which I take pleas ure In doing. The democratic party has repeatedly discussed the pension question In its national platforms, and has expressed Its position on it. "It will not be denied, I take it, that these declarations of the party are binding upon it as an organization, even though they may not meet the personal approval of all Individual members of It. . "In 1900 the democratic national platform pledged the party to favor liberal pensions In the - following words: 'We are proud of the courage and fidelity of the American soldiers and sailors in all our wars, we fnvor lib eral pensions to them and their de pendents.' . , "Now what was meant ' by this pledge? What construction must be placed upon this party declaration? If It was Intended only to pledge the party's support of the annual appro priations necessary to pay the pen sions already authorized by law, which amounted that year to $138,600,000, surely they would have so stated. Again in .1904 the .democratic na tional platform contained this pledge on the pension question: The democracy would secure-, to the Surviving soldiers and sailors, and their dependents, generous pensions, not by an arbitrary, executive order, but by legislation which a grateful people stand ready to enact.' "Here the party specifically pledges Itself to 'secure generous pensions by legislation.' ; That year the pension appropriation was $141,000,000. , The Sherwood Bill. "Yet the party pledged Itself to further pension legislation and the language employed meant unmlstak (Continued on page 2) MflJ.GRANT REAPPOINTED FEDE1JIT CLERK He in Turn Names Deputies in Eastern Carolina District, v - Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Jan. 4. Judge Connor of the eastern district federal court today reappointed Maj H. U Gratt of Raleigh clerk. The lat ter reappointed deputy clerks at other court towns in the east. It Is not known yet whether they will be a re alignment of clerks when the bill nausea conn-ess creating a court at Wilson, Judge Conndr's home. SEDfll UFOLllTTE Chicago. Jan: 4. Senator Robert M, LaFollette, on ,a speaking campaign promoting his candidacy for the re publican presidential nomination, vis ited Joliet, Morris, Ottawa and several other. Illinois points today. WULFF PLEADS GUILTY Portlier cWiier of New Orleans Bank - Short $20,000" Remanded to Jail for Sentence. -.' New Orleans. Jan. 4. Herman A. Wulff, former cashier of the Com rher' inl Germanla Trust and Savings bank of New Orleans, entered a plea of guilty to charges of obtaining mon ey under false ' pretenses today. He was remanded for sentence. ' Wulff was connected with banking Institutions hero for many years. He has a wife and several children. The defalcations totaled 120,000. ' Goat "Trees" Pittsburgh Policeman, Pittsburgh,' Pa., Jan. Michael Casey, of the 4. Policeman Woods Run station, tried to round up a goat In Rlvervlew park and the animal charged- him. Casey took to nearby tree! and' the' goat spent an hour but ting the tree In an effort to dislodge him. When Cawy failed to report on . time the reserves were sent out and , I rescued him. - , I " IfijCi' f ULLEGES "DRErFUS" PLOT 7&tJ t. 4 III PERKINS DISCHARGE 3' Howard Says Club Conspiracy Forced Out Marine Corps Officer. Washington, Jan. 4. Representa tlvo Howard of Georgia, in urging be fore the house naval affairs sub-corn mittee today the reinstatement of lieutenant Colonel C. M. Perkins of the marine corps, declared that Per kins' discharge for alleged "mental Incompetence" was a "Dreyfus" con HDiracy. hatched at the Army and Naval club in Washington. Howard attacked the marine corps and the navy. "Only 32 per cent of the officers of the navy," he said, "are In actual service" and the remainder sit around .Washington' engaged ' in soclnl ' pursuits. Naval battles are planned and fought in clubs, where liquor takes the place of the briny deep with a red cherry as the ship and a toothpick as the propelling force. Officers furnish the wind, The committee took the Perkins case under advisement. ' . . BATTLESHIP BIDS. Proponed Battleships Oklahoma ami Nevada Will Cant More Than - Five Million Each. - Washington, Jan. 4. Bids for the construction of the two 27,000 ton bat tleships Oklahoma and Nevada were opened today. The lowest proposals were from the New York Shipbuilding company of Camden, N. J., at $5,926,- 000 for one ship; from the Fore River and Shipbuilding company of Qulncy, Mass., at $5,936,000 per ship. The Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company, was the only other concern submitting a proposal. This was barred because Its total, $0,- 450,000, was far In excess of the ligure set by congress as the maxi mum cost of ships. DANIEL B. MILLIKAN Former Manager for 8. H. Kress & Co. In Ashevlllo Dies at ' Anterk us, Ga. ' DANIEL. B PJ News of the death of Daniel B. Mll- llkan, formerly local manager of the store of S. H, Kress & Co., at Amerl cus, Qa., was received here by his friends late yesterday afternoon. The young man was about 20 years of age and waa fast rising in the business world. He had made many friends here during the two years that he was connected with the Kress company. The remains will probably be interred at Greensboro, his old home. STEEL REVISION Bill Agreed l?pon by House Commit tee Reduces Duties from 30 to 35 Per Cent. Washington, Jan. 4. A bill making a general reduction of from 30 to 35 per cent on all steel and iron duties of the present . Aldrlch-Payne tariff law was today agreed upon oy me hniinn wnvs and mean committee. The bill would add to th,e free list carpen ters tools and other articles of ordi nary use among consumers. Taft Confers With Judiciary mittee. Com- Washington, Jan. 4. The appear ance of five members of the senate judiciary committee at the White House today gave rise to the belief that President Taft began sounding the committee before sending to the senate the nomination of a successor to the late Justice Harlan. United States Circuit Judge Hook of Kansas seemed foremost for the post in , the president's mind. International Celebration of Railway Completion. Washington, Jan. 4. Many of the foreign ' embassies and legations here will send representatives to the Inter national celebration at Key West, Fla., January 22, of the completion of the Florida East Coast railway, connecting -: x -', .ss-imv-m - Key West with the main land. Atlanta, Jan. 4. Here are a few of Atlanta's beautiful women, typical southern beauties." An Atlanta paper a few days ago received an inquiry from a visitor to the. city as to Just what was meant by, a "typical South ern beaiity." , Thejreply to the person putting the question was an invitation to call-, at the" officf of - the .'paper; When the Inquisitive, tourist saw the editor the party of the second part said: . , . , "Here In Atlanta, und In America generally, we try to be obliging. Your question stumped us all for a mo ment. We knew very well Indeed that TAFTxREFUSES TO ATTACK ROOSEVELT President's Supporters Notified That Under No Circumstan ces Will He Countenance Warfare on Former Executive As Result of Latters Alleged Candidacy. Washington, Jan. 4. Word was sent broadcast to Taft's supporters today that under no circumstances would the president countenance attacks on Roosevelt regarding the republican presidential nomination situation. It was said the president has ex- pressed himself as being at a loss to Seek to Free Heir, Boy Long Held by Strange Cult Chicago, Jan. 4. The fight for the possession of William Lindsay, the twelve years old heir to an estate In Philadelphia, began " before Judge Plnckney today. Yuan Orders Generals to Resume Hostilities Shanghai,' Jan. 4.- The Imperial government In Peking today sent or ders to all generals commanding the Imperial troops that they resume hos tilities January 6; unless they receive notification In the meantime that the "FREE SMOKER" TEST So Declares Gov. Kugene N. Pose In His Inaugural Address at . Boston. - Washington, Jan. 4.' Internal Rev enue Commissioner Cabell today ad vised collectors throughout the coun try that a friendly test case upon the question of Imposing an Internal rev enue tax on "free smokers" given em ployes In cigar factories would shortly be Instituted. Zero Weather In Wisconsin. La Crosse, Wl, Jan. 4. The gov ernment thermometer stood 23 de grees below sero this morning, the lowest temperature recorded hers for several years. - we could not supply general directions, nor a diagram, nor a map of a 'typ ical Southern beauty,' so we decided to let you see yourself what we In the south think makes good looks." The letter writer waa escorted to the photograph repository of the pa per. He picked from a collection a mile high the photographs, sent here with, and said they all were portraits of southern beauties. The pictures he selected were at the time they were taken pictures of Miss La Verne Bruce, Mrs. Ahbie Wilson, Miss Susan Bowie, Mrs. John if. Lotland, MIbs Nancy Cunningham and Miss Virgin ia Jefferson.. account for reports that relations be tween him and Roosevelt were seri ously strained. He has ii"t taken an opportunity to reply directly to- any utterances of Roosevelt that were In terpreted In some quarters as attacks upori the administration's policy and it is said he does not wish his friends to go further than he has. Ottoman-Zar-Adush-Hanlsh, high priest of the cult, which has held the boy since his father died, was a wit ness. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay is an earnest devotee of the cult known as "Vahdah." . armistice between the two forces has been renewed, This step is taken, It Is assumed, because of the revolutiona ries refusal to continue negotiations with the Peking authorities in accord ance with Premier Yuan' demand. NEED LOWER TARIFF Question of Imponltig Internal Reve nue Tax to be Derided By the Courts. Boston, Jan. 4. Governor Eugene Ni Foss entered upon his second term today. In his address of inauguration Foss declared that "tlio business ex perience of tha country points to I policy of a lower tariff and reciproc ity as the agency most surely condu cive to national progress." . To Place Marble Bust of Sherman. Washington, Jan. 4. A white mar ble bust of Vice-President Sherman reached the capltol today. It will 'be Immediately put In place In a niche near the main entrance-to the senate. WARSHIPS MOBILIZING FOR in GAME Vessels Along: Atlantic .Coast To Proceed South for Maneuvers. Washington, Jan. 4. Somewhere off the coast of Cuba during the next few weeks the entire Atlantic fleet of 21 battleships, four armored cruisers and about a dozen destroyers will be en gaged in one of the most mimic war games ever devised. No inkling of the plans to be worked out has been given to the public. The vessels now in Hampton Roads and those which left Philadelphia Tuesday will disperse at sea and proceed south singly or In small divisions. Other ships will leave their home stations at the discretion of their commanding officers, as the search problem is to play an Important part In the maneu vers. The new super-dreadnoughts, Flor ida and Utah will participate. MIERnUPLOKESJULB Italians Get 90. Cents on the Dollar From Bankrupt Company. Norfolk, Jan. 4. Paid their wages under a compromise of 90 cents on the dollor, the belligerent Italian em ployes of the bankrupt Smlthfield Marl-Clay Transportation company today left Littletown, where - excite ment ran high yesterday during the forcible detention of federal court re ceivers. ' LEAVENWORTH FOR ME, SAYS ARRESTED BANKER "And the Sooner the Better," He Adds Dealing Admits Forgeries Totaling $165,000. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 4. "It's Leavenworth prison for me and the sooner the better," said H. M. Dear- lng, the aged banker, as he left Detroit today with his son. Palmer M. Dear ing, in custody of United States Mar shal Campbell. Father and son con fessed to forgeries aggregating $165, 000, which caused the Albion National Bank failure on Tuesday. WORTH A MILLION, SHE MARRIES CHAUFFEUR Chicago, Jan. 4. Mrs. Mabel Trea- nor of Soutlt Bend, possessor of a million dollars, was married yesterday to her former chauffeur, Harry Wood, who is many years younger. Ticket Scandal Report Comes Friday. Cincinnati, Jan. 4. After almost three months of investigation the na tional baseball commission which met here yesterday reached a decision In the alleged ticket scalping scandal during the last world's series at New York and Philadelphia and a finding will be handed down Friday night, but Just what this finding will contain re mains a mystery. . Woman Is Killed, Her Babe lives. Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Walking along the Reading railroad tracks at Bustleton with an 18 months old child In her arms, Mrs. Polta Prifolla, aged 30, was struck by a train and killed Instantly. The child was tossed into a field. Except for slight bruises the child was uninjured. Chinese Minister Is R -loaned. Washington, Jan. 4. The Chinese minister to Washington, Chang Yin Tang today decided to quit his post here. Tho reason la unannounced. He leaves the capital for China next week, Ex-Slave Worth $116,000. Champaign, III., Jan. 4. George W. Smith, born a negro slave In Tennes see 75 years ago, left property worth $116,000, according to his "will, nieatime as casnier. Failing health com for probate tuj today. pelled him tq -resign last October. Gov. Woodrow Wilson and Other Speakers Inaugurate Move Before National Democratic Club. PROTECTIVE SYSTEM HAS BECOME INCUBUS New Jersey Executive Says Consumer and Business Alike Are Injured by Pol icy of Favoritism. New York, Jan. 4.- Governor Wood row Wilson of New Jersey addressed the National Democratic club here last night on the topic "The Democratic Party and the Tariff." Once again, Mr. Wilson said, the tariff had become "the chief and most critical question of a campaign which must decide the policy of our government, not only In ,thls great matter, but In regard to a score of things which touch the gen eral adjustments of our life." - He continued In part: "Our tariff policy has not for several dlfflcultLBeDerfttions been based upon any prln- ciple whatever, but only upon a sys tem of favoritism, of patronage, of arbitrary fosterage by the federal gov ernment. "The strength of American indus try lies in the skill and Intelligence of the American workman, and the ca pacity of American superintendents and managers; and the efficiency and glory of the worklngman depend upon all the moral and physical elements Involved in the circumstances of his employment. Another Factor In the Case. "If this country Is to be the snug harbor for those who are at a disad vantage in the markets of the world, "Why should It not also by the conven ient method ofir copjblnaWon 'o a refuge for those who ore al'sd ' at a disadvantage in the markets of Amer- " lea itself. Are there not evidences that it has become just that? Have not great combinations re cently effected in this country brought about just such a result? Of a dozen mills or factories brought to gether in a single trust or combina tion, there Is always a very considera ble variety In the so-called cost of production. In some the machinery has not been (brought up to date; tho plant Is not built In a way to lend It self to the most efficient methods of production; the market is not quite so accessible; the source of raw mate rials Is more difficult of access. Again and again It has happened that after the combination was effected the less efficient factories and mills were closed down and only the more efficient con- tinued In operation; but the business as newly constituted had to carry the cost of the original merger of the in efficient mills and factories. They were probably put Into the comblna-. tlon at a figure greatly exceeding their real value. ' 'This figure enters into the Issue of the securities of the corporation; the profits must be made upon those fig ures if the stockholders are to get dividends; and so the country must carry for an indefinite period Ineffi cient establishments which have been actually closed and put out of busi ness. And thin very process itself shows the futility of any attempt to base duties upon 'cost of production.' An Incubus on the State. When America was in her infancy. when her resources were undeveloped, when her Industries were at their be ginning, there was much to be said for system of artificial stimulation and protection. But long after that period was passed, and that reason for the maintenance of the system of protec tion cut away, it was maintained upon other theories and with other pur-. poses, and it has grown until It has become a veritable incubus, not mere- i ly upon the consumer, but upon the business of the- country Itself, and on - It have been built up great combina tions and monopolies, which have drawn upon themselves universal con demnation. ' - . ' "We are rich enough, we are safe enough In our prosperity, we are sure enough of our capacity, of our skill, ' of our resourcefulness, to set our- , selves free at last We are ready now . In our majority to return to the uses of government of . which the mature can approve. Taxation must never be used for the benefit of some at the -expense of others. The power of the government must .ever be loaned to those, who can not sustain themselves. The only legitimate object of taxation Is revenue for the support of the gov-.-ernment" Congressman William C. Redfleld, of . Brooklyn, and Francis Burton Harrl-.; son, of New York, were other speak ers. The club has appointed a com-1 mittee to lead a systematic and pro gressive campaign tariff reform in aid of the democratic lenders in congress. Texas Banker a Suicide. Dallas, Tex,, Jan. 4. Volney E. Armstrong, for many years a promi nent Dallas banter, shot and killed himself at his home here yesterday afternoon. He had been connected with the National Bank of Commerce of th j jelty for 18 years, a large part of the I-' r
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