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ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1912.
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TELEGRAPHMEN
MUCHSURPRISEP
Hitchcock's Recommendation
for Government Ownership
of Wire Lines Discussed
- r : in New York.
MEANS LOWER RATES
SAY FEDERAL EXPERTS
Would Be Doubtful Experi
ment Declares Western
Union President Other
Countries' Experience.
Now York, Jan. 15. The announce
ment from Washington that Postmas
ter General Hitchcock is about to- re
commend government ownership of
telegraph and telephone lines was r?-
relved with surprise by the big tele
graph and telephone company officials.
Theodore Vail, president of the Amer
ican Telegraph and Telephone com
panies declared it was very doubtful
whether the government could run the
telegraph economically. He said Great
' Britain's experience was unfavorable.
To Recommend Government Owner
slilp. Washington, Jan. 15. -Acquisition
01 me leiegrapn lines ui me uniieu
States by the government and their
operation as a part of the postal ser-
vice will .be recommended to congress
in a short time by Postmaster General
, Hitchcock.
For a year or more Mr. Hitchcock
, has had this recommendation under
consideration. After a thorough study
' of the operation of government con-
trolled telegraph lines and postal tele-
graph systems of foreign countries he
J has decided to urge' the matter upon
congress.
"Should this '' rerommendatlon be
adopted," : said 'Mr, Hitsncock In. a
statement of his intention, "I am con
vinced It would result in important
economies and very materially lower
telegraph rates than now are exacted.
In approlma.Ui. countries of the
World notably in Great Britain,
Franco,, Germany, Austria. Italy,
Spain,. Russia and Japan government
controlled telegraphs now are in suc
cessful and profitable operation. In
many of the countries they are oper
ated in connection with the postal
service. . These telegraphs serve an
Aggregate population of 9 GO, 000,000
and In every instance they have beeji
found to be of immense practical ben
efit to the people, in both promptitude
and cost of the service.
"In this country postofllces are
maintained in numerous places not
Teach eel by the telegraph systems and
the proposed consolidation therefore
would affect favorable opportunity for
clllttea. In many small towns where
the telegraph companies have offices
the telegraph and mail business could
be handled readily by the same em
ployes. It la evident that the separate
maintenance of the two services under
the present conditions results in a
needless expense.
First Telegraph Operated by Govern
ment. "The first telegraph In the United
States was operated from 1844 to 1847 '
by the government, under authority
trom congress and from many view
points It Is desirable that government
control should be resumed. A method
for the acquisition of telegraph lines
Is prescribed In Section 5267 of the
revised statutes, which provides that,
for postal, military or other purposes,
ti e government may purchase tele
gr.ii'h lines operated In the United
states at an appraised value.'
'My owh view la that every reason
for the transmission of mail under
government control can be urged with
equal force for the transmission of
communications by telegraph. Because
of the more extensive organization
maintained by tne postal service and
the freedom from taxation and other
charges to which private corporations
are subject, the government undoubt
edly could afford greater facilities, at
lower rates, than are afforded by com
panies how conducting the telegraph
business. Next to the introduction of
a general parcels post, for which there
Is a strong popular'demand, the estab
lishment of a government telegraph
system offers, in my judgment, the
best opportunity for the profitable ex
tension of the nation's postal service."
It is not Mr. Hitchcock's purpose to
: recommend tht acquisition of tele
' phone lines, except, possibly, In In
' stances where they are operated as
telegraph lines and- are au Integral
part of definite telegraph systems.
The latest census figures available
Indicate that about 100,000 people are
connected with the telegraph compa
nies of the United States. The ap
praised value of the system proposed
to be acquired - would be purely con
jectural, but It Is said It would ap
proximate f'60, 000,000. The experts
who have figured on the proposition
are of the opinion that existing tele
graph rates could be reduced at least
two-third to the public and yet make
the Investment In, and operation of,
the lines "'ofltable to the government.
Washington Stirred.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, who
last evening announced the determina
tion to recommend to congress the
Kovernment ownership of telephone
and telegraph companies, wus today I Amoy, China, Jim. 15. By a spe
sumnione.d to the White House. After clal proclamatixirt today was celebrat
u lontf confin -eiii'P with the president j d as a public holiday In honor of the
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MILITIA TO QUELL
MILL STRIKE RIOT
Two Companies Called Out at
Lawrence, Mass. A
Dozen Injured.
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 16. Two
companies of militia were called out
to assist the police to quell rioting in
connection with the textile mill
workers' strike here. Most of the
rioters were, foreign operatives.
The " uproar nt .She mill gates
was so great that seven big plants
shut down. During the rioting a dox
en or more operatives were injured.
It is estimated thnt' 10.000 operatives
are idle.
MANY LIVES LOST
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Heavy Snowfall Follows the
Extreme Cold in New
York.
New York, Jan. 15. A heavy snow
storm broke up the frigid cold wave
which has now passed to sea. The
weather wus the coldest experienced in
years. Many lives were lost and
many ships were wrecked at sea. In
coming liners arrived encrusted with
ice.- ..: . ; ,
SIX KILLED WHEH HIT
By
Party Being Conveyed
Church Meets Death at
Philadelphia.
to
Philadelphia, Jan. 16. Six persons,
five women and a man, were killed
when an express train on the New
York division of the Pennsylvania
railroad crashed Into a light station
wagon at the Linden avenue grade
crossing in Torrescale, a suburb, yes
terday. The dead are:
Charles Davidson, aged 50 years.
Nellie O'Connor, aged 10 years.
Bridget Malloy, aged 42 years.
Agnes Garrity, aged 22 years.
. Rose Gallagher, aged 18 years.
Mary Roddy, aged 20 years.
The dead women were all employed
ervants In fashionable homes In
Torresdale and were being conveyed
to church when the accident occurred.
Davidson was the driver for a local
liveryman and had been making the
trip every Sunday for the past two
years.. . " '
The . Linden avenue crossing - is
usually guarded by a watchman but
the regular man was on leave of. ab
sence and his substitute , had not ap
peared when the coach reached the
crossing.
Davidson waited for a freight train
to pass and then drove directly In front
of the approaching express.
The horses managed to clear the
track, but the engine struck the wag
on sauarely on the side. Davidson
and Agnes Garrity. who were seated
on the front seat, were tossed to the
side of the track, but the four other
women were thrown directly under
the w"heels of the train and when
their bodies were recovered were so
badly mutilated that it was neces
sary to. identify them by their cloth
ing.
Ajnes Garrity was still alive when
she was picked up, but died while be
ing conveyed to Torresdale station.
Davidson was dead when his body was
found 50 feet from the tracks.
KEEL PLATE IS LAID
OF GREAT BATTLESHIP
When She Is Added to tlie Navy Brit'
' aln Mill Huve Si Dreadnauglits
op hiiM'rs.
Portsmouth, England, Jan. 15,The
keel plate of Great Britain's' twenty
eighth ship, of the dreednaught class
was laid In the dock yards here to
day. The vessel Is the first of five
armoured ships provided for in the
naval program for the present year.
When she is added to the navy Great
Uritaln will have 32 dreadnaughta or
supcr-dreadnftghrH. half of which will
be armed with 13.6 inch 'guns.
Public Holiday In China,
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BY NO DIMINUTION Of ZEAL. FOR
YOUR FUTURE INTEREST, NO
DEFICIENCY OF GRATEFUL
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New York Herald and The Gazette-News.
HEIBLSS
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Violet Beuhler Says She Left
Home Nov. 25 to See
the World.
New York, Jan. 15. Violet Bueh-
ler, the missing Chicago heiress, was
arrested at the corner of First avenue
and Seventieth street today and taken
to the police station. She had been
working in the neighborhood as a
nurse taking care of sick women.
Miss Buehler admitted her Identity.
She told the police she came' here over
ti month ago with the idea of seeing
the world. She declared no man had
anything to do with her leaving home.
The girl who Is worth $100,000, dis
appeared from her, Chicago, home
November '25. Kidnapping was sus
pected. . ' ,
NEW FRENCH CABINET
Fremlc! Poimaro Names Briand,
Bourgeois, Mtllc rand. DcJt'aiwe -and
Rlou as New Government. -
Pnrln Jan. 1 B The French cabinet.
organized by Premier Polncare, was
officially announced yesterday. The
cabinet is composed as follows: Pre
mier and minister of foreign affairs.
Raymond Polncare; minister or jus
tice, Arlstide Briand;. minister of la
hnp Tnn TtnurifAnlR: minister of war.
Alexandre Millenrand; minister of ma
rine, Theophlle Delcasse; minister ol
Inance, 1 I Klots,
DENIES ENGAGEMENT
Miss Felts Says Her Interest In C. V,
T. Kicheson. Was Never More
. - ,, Than Friendly. , ... ',
Holt TjiknCitv. Jan. 15. MIsh Patsy
Felts, who, according to a report was
engaged In 1903 to Rev. Clarence V.
T. Klcheson, now under sentence of
death for poisoning Miss Avis Unnell,
has beeA a resident here several years.
Miss Felts denies she was ever en
gaged to Rlcheson. She said she loan
id him money in Missouri to complete
his theological education but asserts
her Interest in- him was nothing mors
than friendly. ' , .- .
Grounded Steamer Afloat.
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Provlncetown, Mass.. Jam 15. TS
Bull line's steamer Wlthemlna,
which grounded on Truro flats while
mitumrri hmind for NewDort News,
came off under her own power appal-
entiy uninjureu i"ruy. one win ran
tlnue the voyage south.
Kuril's Attack Repulsed. . .
, , - i.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 15. A Juga
despatch says that Kurds attacked a
HiiKslan regiment marching from
Khol In northern Persia to Urumlnh.
I n ..in v Kurds wore killed but the
. 1 10 I'.' OS.
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RESPECT
"THE HEIGHT OF---'
Employ eirsr Liabili iy Act j,
Is Held
Washington, .'. Janji 15.--The rvonstl
tutionallty of the' employers' liability
law,' passed by congress in 1008, was
upheld by the Supreme court in all
cases before It today. '
The court also decided that ' the
state courts may enforce the act when
local laws are appropriate. .
The decision is unanimous, and is
a complete victory for the government
KILLS FATHER OF MAN
WHO: TOOK HIS, WIFE
A. G. Boyce, Sri, Shot by J. B.
Snead, Banker, at Fort .
Worth;
, Fort Worth, Tex., Jan, lf. A. Q.
Boyce, sr., father of the man who re
cently was arrested In Winnipeg, Man
itoba, charged with the, adbuction of
Mrs. J-. B. Snead from a hospital in
Fort Worth was short and killed Sat
urday night by J. B. Snead, a banker
of Amarillo, Tex., husband of. the
woman with whom young Boyce Is
said to have eloped.
Boyce, who was T years old, was
sitting In the lobby of a local hotel
when Snead walked in and muttered
something. ; Then, drawing his revol
ver he fired two allots quickly. He
hesitated an Instant as the older man
fell forward and then fired three shots
Into Boyce's side. Boyce was dead
when others In the lobby, which was
filled with people at the time of the
tragedy, reached him. . : i.v ( ' "
' Snead Immediately left the hotel but
was arrested a short time later.'
; He was taken to the .county Jail,
where he refused to .make a. state
ment . .
The younger Boyce was : arrested
several weeks ago in Winnipeg.
; Mrs. Snead who disappeared from
a Fort Worth sanitarium , was - with
him and was also detained. Mr. and
Mrs. Snead were reconciled same days
ago and returned to Texas. . Af(er the
return of Snead and his - wife from
Winnipeg Boyce was released from
custody and Saturday the'local Indict
ment charging the young man with
abduction was ordered dismissed by
County Attorney Baskln, because of
Insufficiency of evidence. Boyce still
Is In Canada. i .
Tvclunoe Asserts Innocence:
Fresno, Cal., Jan. IB. O. A. Tvelt
tn.kji r'rtarv..trAfunilr nf the Build
Ing Trades eounrlt, In' his annual re
port to the meeting of council today
declares innocence of himself and the
other men recently "indicted in XOi
Anseles for complicity In dynamiting
Constitutional
Justice Vandvanter declared congress
had the right to regulate the relation
Interstate railroads to employes. The
abolition of assumption of risk by the
employers is upheld. The opinion
changes the old common law rule that
the employe of common carrier eould
not procure damages from carriers
for injuries received in employment
when injuries resulted In the negli
gence of a fellow workman.
FIVE KILLED IS TINS
..JIIIT iTJPEI SfflTCH
Engineer and Firemen Among
the Dead in Newcastle, Pa.,
Accident.
t
; Newcastle, Penn., Jan. 15. A Bal
timore & Ohio passenger train crash
ed into a Pittsburg & Lake Erie train
In the railroad yards today. Five are
reported killed. Including the engin
eer, James, Cannon, and Fireman
Cunningham. .
An open switch caused the accident
DENIES THAT JAPANESE
ARE MENACING HAWAII
- Washington, Jan. 16. Henry I
Stlmson, secretary of war, denied em
phatically before the house committee
on military affairs that there are 30,
oon Japanese veterans of the Russo
Japanese war living In Hawaii and
formed Into secret military organiza
tions, ready to take possession of the
islands at any time. This statement
was made to the committee by Major
General William H. Carter, assistant
to Major General Leonard Wood,-chief
of staff of the army.
"I have made an investigation of
Major General Carter's statement and
find that the department has inquired
Into this alleged condition in Hawaii.
It Is a mistake. There are many Jap
anese there and probably many one
time soldiers among them. They are
not In military organisations, but are
going about their private work like
any other Inhabitants."
Meningitis Epidemic Checked.
Dallas, Jan. 15. Three deaths and
three new cases within twenty-four
hours, summarises the meningitis situ
ation In Dallas, and physicians de
clare the outlook bright for an early
end of the epidemic.
Dr. Oscar Dowllng, president of the
Louisiana State Board of Health, and
Dr. P. E. Archlnard, Louisiana state
bacteriologist, who arrived hers" yes
terday to investigate conditions, de
clared their belief that the regula
tions in force here are all that can
he desired to prevent spread of the
OPPOSING TAX A HINT COMING
Ofl THE GATTLE FROM GOl.T.B.
It Is Said if $1 Head Tax on
Dairy Cows Is Maintained
Proposed Creamery Will
Not Be Established.
DIFFERENT OPINIONS
HELD BY DAIRYMEN
One Says He Would Be Willing
to Pay for Cattle Testing,
but Does Not Think It
Would Cost $1 Each.
According to a prominent dairyman
of this city, who Is one of those In
terested in the promotion of a co
operative creamery here, an outline of
the plans of which was published a
few days ago, this creamery will not
be established at Asheville if the spe
cial tax of $1 per cow for dairying;
purposes is not rescinded, at least in
part. He stated that the money for
establishing the creamery has all been
subscribed, and that the promoters
could have Bccured at least twice as
much, in fact that one man had of
fered to subscribe $10,000 for the pur
pose, but t'.iat they would take no
Isteps to build the creamery here If
they had to pay this special tax. He
stated that to run the creamery suc
cessfully would require from 1000 to
1200 cows and he did not think that
such a tax as this, even though if
might be imposed on several farmers
or dairymen, would be just. However, .
he said, they are perfectly willing to
pay a special privilege tax of a certain I
amount for each dairy. j
Have Employed Attorneys. 1
The matter has already been taken
up with the board of trade and it was
stated that the promoters of the
scheme have employed two attorneys '
to go before the board of aldermen
at their meeting Friday hlgHt and ask
that they be given relief in this re
spect,, and it was Intimated that the,
m.rtter might be tested In the courts, j
If the relief is not granted, although
It is felt that the aldermen will find
some way. of furnishing the relief ask
ed for.
The dairymen say that they think
the cows ought to be inspected and j
one of them said that if the city did
not do the inspection ' lie would' hire
an Inspector himself, but he did not
think that it would take $1 a head to
pay for the Inspection. j
Will Probably Come Up Friday Night
The matter will probably be dispos
ed of at the meeting of the board of
aldermen Friday night and there
seems to bo some question as to
whether the law would apply to those
dairymen who furnish cream to
creameries, since it does not apply to
those who sell butter alone. Since the '
cream would be shipped here for the
purpose of making butter and to a fac
tory at that It is possible that there
may be some way found by which the
cream that is shipped to this creamery i
will not be subject to the tax.
If the creamery Is not built at
Asheville it is not likely that It will
be built, as the farmers and dairymen
could not afford to pay transportation
on the milk where It has to be trans
ferred. The Southern railway has
made or promises to make a baggage
rate from the places around Asheville
from which the cream is likely to be
shipped, but the company cannot
make this rate it the shipments ..-ve
to be transferred. Even if the cream
ery is located out of the city limits, as
was suggested, the creamery would !
have to haul the milk some distance.
. One man who Is Indirectly Interested
In the establishment of the creamery
here stated this morning that he
thought the $1 tax would be a great
benefit to the farmers and dairymen.
Said he, "on account of this tax, the
farmer would have to keep good cows,
he could not afford to keep poor
ones." The farmer, however, may not
see the force of this argument.
SPANISH CABINET OUT
Resignations Follow Controversy with
King Over Abvlaabllity of Com
muting Death Sentence.
Madrid, Jan. 15. The Spanish cabi
net, of which Jose Canalejas y Mendes
was premier, resigned yesterday.
The cabinet resigned as the result of
a divergence of views with King Al
fonso as to the advisability' of com
muting the death sentence of one of
the rioters, who murdered a judge and
wounded several court officials In the
town of Cullera, province of Valencia
last September.
FIND WALSH'S BODY
Dead Battalion Chief Pinned In
Equitable Ruins by Great
Iron Beam.
New York, Jan. It. In the shad
ows of weakening walls that threat
ened each moment to totter and fall,
a squad of firemen worked for five
hours Saturday afternoon to wrest
from the ruins of the Equitable build
ing the body of Batf.Hlon Chief Wil
liam Walsh, who met death In the
fire of last Thursday. They found him
shortly after noon, half sitting, half
reclining, with outstretched arms,
pinned. face down by a giant iron
beam and with only his rubber x.at
showing. It was dark whtn they
lifted the b4dy.
The Sagamore Hill Sage Is Ex-
pected Soon to Lay a
Course for His
Friends.
CAN BE NOMINATED,
BUT DOUBTS ELECTION
The Colonel Now Gauging Pos
sible Elements Of Weakness
. North Carolinians at
the Capital.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building,
Washington, Jan. 15.
A coterie of gentlemen here who
keep track of events at Oyster Bay,
largely, no doubt, by means of the
long-distance telephone, are of the
opinion that Colonel Roosevelt will
favor his friends with a hint with
respect to his mental attitude within
the next 10 days. While it may be
unlike Colonel Roosevelt to keep any
part of his thoughts under cover,
when he gets to the point of really
wishing a thing, nevertheless there
are very few who think he will go :
further than give a mere suggestion
to his friends.
It may be said that there are two .
kinds of Roosevelt radicals. One
group would like to go right ahead
with the present spontaneous Roose
velt boom, hoping to be able to hogtle
the victim in the end, making him
serve as a candidate, without refer
ence to his individual views on the
subject while the other kind would
favor a sort of "animated moderation"
In their support of the colonel which .
would take account of the victim's .
known predelectlons. The latter group
would first have the colonel say ,
whether he would stand hitched, to
employ another figure of speech,,
which may be considered more or less
in order, and then go ahead , with,
pJans for-a oonventloa etampede that,
would not be lucking In conclusive
ness or finality. , - -
Why Roosevelt Holds Off.
Friends of Colonel Roosevelt, who
are known to be in his confidence, say
he is hesitating, not because he thinks
there would be any doubt of his nom
ination should he enter the lists, but
because of the tremendous responsi
bility which would be his in the event
his friends prevailed in the conven
tion. There would then be left the
detail of getting himself elected, in
the face of third term talk, the dis
gruntled Taft following, an offended
Catholic vote and other elements of
possible weakness. '
Paul W. Schenck spent Saturday in
Washington and, accompanied by Sen
ator Overman, visited the war depart
ment to look over the 14 Greene
statue models. Major Stedman and
others have already inspected these
models and in time the consensus of
opinion of those concerned will be se
cured and a selection made. Mr.
Schenck, who has been in Philadel
phia on Insurance business, left for
Greensboro.
Col. and Mrs. Andrews left Satur
day for Raleigh after spending several
days In Washington. Mrs. Ward of N
New York has been a guest of Mrs.
Andrews here, and will go on to Flor
ida for the remainder of the season.
Miss Glbbs returned to Raleigh with
Mrs. Andrews.
The senate having adjourned Thurs
day over until Monday, Senator Sim
mons went to the state for a couple
of days, returning here yesterday.
The senator was accompanied by his
daughter. Miss Isabella. Mrs. Sim
mons Is already here, and they will
spend the winter at the Raleigh.
W. A. H.
PICK HUNTINGTON WILSON
AS PARISER,!BJlSSnDDB
Assistant Secretary of State
May Succeed Bacon in
France.
Washington, Jan. 15. Huntington
Wilson, assistant secretary of state, Is
to succeed Robert Bacon as ambas-f
sador to France, according to persist
ent rumors In diplomatic circles here.
Thomas C. Dawson, resident diplomat
ic officer of the state department,
whose name was mentioned promi
nently In connection with the post of
ambassador to Brazil,- to which Ed
ward W. Morgan was named, will be
made assistant secretary of state, the
same rumors say.
State department officials refused
to comment on the matter or declared
that It was news to them.
31 Injured In Wreck.
Toledo, Jan. 15. Thirty four pas
sengers on Pig Four train 1o. 1, from
Detroit to Cincinnati, are reported to
have been hurt in a wreck which oc
curred yesterday afternoon four in ilea
south of Carey. O. Two of the d;y
coaches left the trru'k on nccoiift ,,f
spreading rails. Tin s tuo n, v . : t
Into a ditch almiiisolu tu.i trn.