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VOL. XVI. NO. 295.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY; AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20, 1912.
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Announcement of Iowa Sena
tor's Candidacy for Repub
lican Nomination ' Com
plicates Situation.
PINCHOT LEADS MOVE
FOR PROGRESSIVE MEET
Wants That Faction to Decide
Upon Taft Opponent
; Washington Speculates
on the Situation. "
Washington, "Jan. 20. Senator Al
bert B. Cummins o Iowa, progressive
republican, today announced his can
didacy for the republican presidential
nomination In a statement saying that
If lowtf's republicans believe him a
fit man. 'to urge before the Chicago
convention he will accept their decis
ion. " . "
The entrance of Cummins Into the
presidential Aunt materially compli
cates the republican situation. Presi
dent Taft now Is openly opposed for
the nomination : by LaFollette and
Cummins, . both progressives. Other
progressives are urging the- nomina
tion of Theodore Roosevelt.
An announcement by Cummins has
icen expected for several daysi Com
ing today in connection wlrh a report
from Denver that Glfford Pinchot was
taking the Initiative In a movement
fnr a conference of progressive re
publicans to decide upon a candidate
to "oppose Taft, it started a riot M
political speculation.
UBGIH5
1I1R0E DOCTRINE
HOUSE COfJMlTTEE
UPHOLDS DR.WILCY
Bureau Chief Given Free Rein
in Enforcing Food
. . Law. .
Thinftrlt Nation's Duty, to Es
. tablish Latin-American
Finances.
New York, Jun. 20. "The heaviest
and moRt matter-of-fact responsibility
that today rests upon the United
States." declared Secretary Knox in
an address before the New York State
War association here last night, "1
that we should respond to the needs
still felt by some few of our Latin-
Washington, Jan. 20. Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bu
reau of the department of agriculture,
the storm center of the food admin
istration controversy last summer, is
given a clean bill of health In the re
port of the house committee that In
vestignted thev charges and counter
charges. The committee in Its' report, which
will be presented to the House next
Monday, sustained Dr. Wiley all along
the line, except on technical unimport
ant details.
The evidence taken in the case wag
voluminous and It Is not repeated In
the report except by brief references,
the document- being confined to the
actual conclusions of the committee.
The republican members of the com
mittee joined with the democrats In
mnking the report unanimous. . The
report of the sub-committee was
amended in a number of particulars,
including Its reference to the Remsen
board, which Investigated and passed
expert Judgment upon the greater
food problems.
"There Is no politics In the report,"
said Chairman Moss of the committee.
This fact, together with compromises
on some of the matters about which
members of the committee had differ
ence of view permitted a full agree
ment. The report pays much attention to
the Remson board, to the activity of
Solicitor McCabe, who was the prin
cipal opponent of Dr. Wiley in the
department, and its recommendations
In general, recommend that-Dr. Wiley
be given a free hand In the enforce
ment of the pure food and drug law
thus limiting very largely the power
formerly exercised by Solicitor ' Mc-
Limitation Already In Effect.
This limitation already has" been
put Into effect under the action taken
by President Taft shortly after the
adjournment of the extra session
brought the active'congresslonal In
vestigation to a close. ,
The final stamp of appmva of the
conclusions reuehed after the months
of Investigation was affixed by all
the members of the committee yester
day. The committee Immediately or
dered the report printed confidentially
and declined to announce the recom
mendations until the report is made
public next Monday.
The investigation Was made by the
house committee on expenditures In
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Mr. Britt Will Not, in Any
Circumstances, Enter for
Congressional Nom-ination.
ROGERS MAY BECOME
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
Corporation Commissioner May
Be Factor in the Contest
Gudger Comes Home
on Business. "
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New York Herald and The Gazette-News. ;
AN INCREASING BURDEN
SHIPPERS .THIfiK
1TB0L
CO!
SECURE
! Confer with English Represen
tatives as to Bills of
Lading. -
American Neighbors In their progress
toward good government by assisting tn department of agriculture and its
them to meet their Just obligations hearings during the recent extra ses
and to keep out of trouble.
Urging the ratification of the pro
posed Nicaraguan and Honduran loan
conventions. Secretary Knox made
a
radical departure from his former
arguments In their behalf, asserting
as a responsibility Incident to the
Monroe doctrine the duty of the Unit
ed States to assist those Central Amer
ican countries to establish tranquility
within their borders through restor
ing their finances to a sound basis.
Heretofore Secretary Knox has point
ed out fchiefly the- benefits to be ex
pected from the adoption of the loan
conventions through the prevention
of "the annual harvest of revolutions"
and the increase of prosperity and
commerce. ' '
In his speech, however, he declared
that It was the positive duty of this
country to lend assistance to the weak
. republics. He traoed the development
of the Monroe doctrine, asserting that
Jt was the present policy of the Unit
ed Rtates under that doctrine to lend
a helping hand to our sister Republics
to the south to assure just aetermina
tlon of the claims of European nations
nimlnst them. This admitted no re
snomtibility for their wrongdoings, and
it was. said Mr. Knox, a far cry from
nldlnir a neighbor in doing right or de
fending a right to assuming "vicarious
roannnglhll tv for his wrongaoinga.
Hut this, he declared, was simply
otntoment of the two extremes of
ih case, and it was the medium
course which at the present time this
rmmtrv had to consider In aetermin
ing its policy toward a.the Central
. Oasette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building,
Washington, Jan. 20.
Former Congressman Grant says he
will remain here until Monday, when
he' and Thomas Settle will visit the
White House. As hitherto stated, the
liutler-Morehead faction leaders are
visibly agitated over something. Mr.
Settle has visited the White House a
number of times of late. Friends of
Mr. Grant are saying he will have a
cleur field in the'itenth, as Mr. Britt,
third assistant postmaster general,
will not in any circumstances make
the race.
Snmuel Rogers of the corporation
commission, may become a candidate
lor nomination before the democratic
convention.
Congressman Gudger has gone
home for a few days on business.
W. A. H.
So Declares William F. Mc
Combs, His Campaign Man
ager, in Statement Re
garding Harvey Break.
THE GOVERNOR FORCED
TO SPEAK BY FRIENDS
He Did Not Share Their Belief
That Editor's Support
Was Hurting Candidacy.
Ship 6riDiamond Shoals
sion of congress awakened wide na
tional Interest. Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson, Dr. Wiley, Solicitor Geo.
P. McCabe and a host of other wit
nesses contributed to the symposium
of revelations regarding the demoral
ized conditions surrounding the ad
ministration of pure food law.
In the course of these hearings Dr.
Wiley told how most of his rulings
were arbitrarily overruled, that tnere
were few cases of drug law violations
prepared because many lines of in
quiry were taken out of his hands and
turned over to the Remsen referee
board for investigation. He said his
hands were thus "absolutely paralyz
ed." His decisions conflicted with the
Remsen board and he said that the
least could be done for the public's
protection was to prohibit the use of
foods or drugs until the board had de.
elded in favor Of their use. He added
that this policy had not been carnea
out The big controversy between
him and the Remsen board was over
the chemistry bureau's finding that
benzoate of soda was harmful.
The Ono Deancm.
Virtually the only dissent from the
sweeping verdict for Dr. Wiley is based
unon the .Irregular employment oi ur,
H. H. Rusbv. of New York, as a $20
a day expert, a compensation which
was not , to aggregate over $1600 in
anv one year, the amount authorized
under law. It. was this employment
at that per diem rate, to get around
Memphis, Jan. 20. With shippers
believing themselves practically In
control of the situation with reference
to the proposed 'Liverpool plan" of
validating bills of lading on cotton
shipments because of the Interstate
commerce , commission regulation
which forbids railroads giving infor
mation concerning bills of lading
without (he permission of the ship
pers, the conference of southern cot
ton men and English representatives
met here today.. It is expected some-
think like a definite agreement will
be made. '
The Liverpool cotton bills of lading
plan provides for a central bureau, a
project to which southern cotton ship
pers almost without exception object.
They do not -desire to be classed with
shippers whose methods are Irregular.
Norfolk, Jan. 20. After clinging
for more than 30 hours to the masts
and rigging of their sunken vessel,
four remaining members of the crew
of the three-masted schooner Harry
Prescott were rescued at daybreak to
day by the revonue cutter Itasca,
which proceeded to Wilmington, N. C.
The four men were nearly exhaust
ed. After resting for awhile on the
vessel's Jib boom late yesterday the
men- were compelled ot nlgntfall to
take to the rigging again, and there
lashed themselves for the night in
the face of a severe northwest wind
and with the temperature below freez
ing. The Prescott, with a cargo of salt,
bound for Wilmington, struck on the
Inner Diamond shoals when her mas
ter mistook the Hatteras light for the
Diamond Shoals lightship. The crew
was without food or drink from mid
night Thursday until their rescue.
Washington, Jan. 20. The Wilson.
Harvey episode brought forth yester
day, simultaneously with the arrival
of Col. Henry Watterson, a statement ,
by William F. McCombs, campaign
manager for Woodrow Wilson, declar
ing that "the tears that are being
shed over the passing Incident are
wrung from those who have hither
to been the most conspicuous oppo
nents of Gov. -Wilson."
Col. Watterson, who will be here
several days In connection with the
work of the Perry Memorial com
mission, read the McCombs state
ment as well as the one made at Nash
ville, Tenn., by Judge Ewing, but de
clined to comment on 'either.
"As to the Wilson matter," said the
colonel, "I have nothing to add to
what hag already been said unless It
be seriously challenged by some re
sponsible person. Then I may have a
good deal to say.'!
The statement issued by Mr. Mc
Combs follows:
"With reference to the alleged Wil
son-Harvey incident, it seems to me
that Col. Watterson has said in a
statement all that needs to be said. ' It
appears therefrom that as far back as
last October he himself suggested to
Gov. Wilson that Col. Harvey's sup
port, through Harper's Weekly, might
he injurious and that he probably told -
Col. Harvey himnelf Ui same thlngc
It would seem . that -Ctl. WftttersoiT:
had convinced the governor of the
truth of his nDlnlon and had at least
Hope Of Personal Gain Behind Impressed Col. Harvey with the prob
ability oi lis trutn, eise uuj. nurvey
EXPLOITERS RAISE
IIHEiElillDIiiBI
Moves to Have U. S.
Take Cuba.
CHARLTON HELD SANE,
IS
Jersey City Authorities Refuse
to Release Wife
Slayer.
DR. SUN WILL RESIGN
FAVOR OF
New York, Jan. 20. Porter Charl
ton, who murdered his - wife, Mary
Scott Castle Charlton, at Lake Como,
Italy, last year Is sane, according to
the Jersey City authorities and the
district attorney will not consent to
his release on bail. He will remain
Incarcerated pending proceedings to
determine whether he will be returned
to- Italy for trial.
Presidency of the Chines? Re
public to Be Offered ,
Yuan.
San Francisco,-Jan. 20.-
American republics; In other words,
the question to determine, he said, was
how far the United states migm go
iin helping another American people
-to avert any injurious consequences
of wrongdoing."
Citm Hoosevelt's View. .
Mr. Knox drew support for his con
tentions from a message of President
Roosevelt, tfi which It was argued that
the Monroe doctrine did not force the
X'nlted States to Interfere In the case
of a European power attempting to
.bring punishment against a Latin
American country for an outrage com
mitted against one of Its citizens, ex
cept to prevent such, punishment by
the European nation that assumed the
form of territorial occupation. The
United States, argued Mr. Roosevelt,
would certainly decline to go to war to
prevent a foreign nation from even
temporarily taking possession of the
I'uatom houses of an American repub
lic, for that was temporary occupation
and irtight become permanent occupa
tion. Upon this question, the secre
tary snld, Mr. Roosevelt argued In ac
cord with himself: that the, only es
oi)e from such allernutlve as would
lie presented In such a case would be
for the United States "to 'bring about
iCou'ttiucd ea r.;e fj'Jr.)
Dr. Sun
mii iimi.ti.n of imv for such Yat Sen today announced that he
net was willing to withdraw from the
k. n ., .nortmni flrnt. and 1 oresltlencv in favor of Yuan Shi Kal,
then Attorney General Wlckersham, according to a cablegram received by
recommended the removal . of Dr.
Wiley from office. ; "
Dr. Wiley's assistant, Dr. Dunlap,
found a memorandum of the agree
ment oft this subject when Dr. Wiley
was absent and reported It to Secre
tary Wilson. Dr. Dunlap almost in
variably sided with Solicitor McCabe
In the decisions of the pure food board
of which Dr. Wiley was the other
member.
Dr. Wiley told the committee Just
five months ago that he found it use-
the Chung Sal Yat Po, the Chinese
newspaper here. The ' cablegram,
dated Hong-Kong, said Dr. Sun would
step aside Immediately after the ab
dication of the emperor,
State Unnka May Become Govern-
ncnt Depositor lew.
Washington, Jan. 20. For tho first
time in history, the way has been
nnened for state banks and trust com
panies to become, known as "United
I... Anru.nl in Rnrretarv Wllaon and ., -.tatni deDosltarlea '
that he had "practically surrendered" I According to the view 6f the treas-
food law to Messrs. McCabe and Dun
lap.- He declared the Rusby contract
was necessary to secuis his services.
He said tiinJt In using a letter from Dr.
Rusby regarding his prospective ser
vices. as an expert the personnel board
had omitted the most essential portion
of the letter, the statement of Dr.
Rusbv that the arrangement for his
"services hud been agreed upon as fair
and satisfactory "It approved by the
department." Dr. Wiley testified that
ho had fully explained to Secretary
Wilson the terms of the arrangement
with Dr. Rusby.
his authority for enforcing the pure Jury department .any financial lnstltu
Pittsburgh Court to Release
Him in the Sum of
$4000.
MORE TROOPS ORDERED
TO SCENE OF STRIKE
Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 20. To sup
press trouble growing out of the tex
tile workers strike orders were issued
this morning for an additional patrol
of four companies of state militia,
NEARLY DIED LAUGHING
WHEN GIRL TOLD jJOKE
Chloroform and Three Doctors Neces
sary to Check the Mirth of
Iowa Woman.
Ames, la., Jan. 20. Chloroform
and three doctors were necessary to
3ay to stop Mrs. A. Fox from laughing
over her daughter's story concerning
nnlnrIHAnt nt a circus here. The
mother had been laughing two hours!
when medical aid was summoned and
.-hloroform administered. 1 ...
or
ETO
.Washington, Jan. 20. With the ev
ident desire of all Cuban patriots,
stirred by President Taft's threats of
Intervention In the island republic, to
bury the hatchet ami Bave their coun
try's independence, the attention of
officials here is turned toward another
element which has to be reckoned
with in Cuban politics whenever in
tervention is mooted. This is the con
tingent made up of Cubans, foreign
ers and Americans which would like
nothing better than to see the United
States intervene in Cuba because of
the financial and commercial gain
they believe would accrue to them
selves,
1kl. VMiwAmomt ha. nmvA all ttlA I
more difficult to deal with because its some organized agency, well backed
advocates do not act openly, but con
fine their machinations to Indirect and
cleverly concealed schemes which
even the shrewdest diplomatists can
Pittsburg, Jan. 20. Personal friends
of Rev. Dr. W. D. McFarland, former
head of the academic department of
the Pittsburg high school, who was in
dicted in connection with the death of
his former secretary, Elsie Dc Jds Coe,
went fnto court today and asked that
his ball be fixed at $2500. The district
attorney insisted on $6000 bail. The
court placed the amount at $4000.
When McFarland arrives here to
night he will be given liberty until
the case is calted.
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not always fathom. Fear that these "i "
dvocates of Intervention will make
i to. i.rm mrl.n milltarv Tne tears inai are ueing n
' -- ---- I ., !.. i..M.nt a..a r,,n
fnrreit Into Cuba In solte of the wish- ""' ...
es of the United States and Cuban from, those who have hitherto, been
.,.nn.antA .vi.i. hut-A anil la eivlntr the most conspicuous opponents
concern to the Latin-American experts
of the state department
Sugar, tobacco and fruit are the
chief industries, named In the order
of their relative importance. In Cuba,
Americans own many of the lagest
LAWYER SAYS RICHESON
IS IN "AWFUL STATE"
Sheriff, However, Does Not Ajrre
With Morse as to Murderer's
Physical Condition.
Boston. Jan. 20. "Rev. C. V. T
Rlcheson is in an awful state. If he
should be told, that commutation of
his sentence has been refused by the
governor to Phelps, the Monroe bride
murderer, I really believe It would be
a death blow," said William A. Morse,
the confessed murderer's counsel to
day. Sheriff Qulnn does not agree
with the lawyer and says Rlcheson Is
In good physical condition.
LABOR TROUBLE ENDS
tlon in America national or state
hank or trust company holding postal
savings deposits or other government
funds, may assume that title without
leeal impediment, even though tne ae
slgnatlon Is not officially conferred by
the secretary of the treasury,
, Aviator Breaks a Height KeiorU.
Purls. Jan. 20. The record for on
aeroplane carrying three persons was
broken at Senlls today by Aviator
John Verrept, who attained an alti
tude of SG26 feet
Steel Not la rolitlcs, Says Gary.
New York, Jan. $0. Referring to
recent reports that the United States
Steel corporation is supporting a
movement to defeat the re-momlnation
of President Taft, Chairman Gary salt!
yesterday: ; ... .
"There is no foundation for the
statement that our corporation or any
of Its officers or any one in authority
has done or said anything to favor or
oppose the nomination of any one for
president Wa keep opt of politics."
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Sawmills In Louisiana and Eastern
Texas Rewume Operations, Set
tlement Being Reached.
New Orleans, Jan. 20. All troubles
with the Tlmberman'a Union, known
as the Timber Workers of the World,
were settled and sawmills In Louisiana
and East Texas resumed operations
this morning. .
Tafts Attends Yale Meeting. .
New Haven, Jan. 20. The program
of President Taft's stay at Yale today
Included attendance at the Yale cor
poration meeting In the forenoon an
luncheon with President Hadley oi
the University.
would not have propounded the ques
tion. It is passing strange that Col.
Watterson should feel concerned that
the governor. In private conversation
with himself and Col. Harvey, should.
In answer to a pointed question, give
frank expression to the very view
which Mr. Watterson himself enter
tained and which he communicated to
the governor and probably to Col.
Harvey.
Quotes Watterson Editorial.
In October last also, the very month
in Which he made these suggestions
to Gov. Wilson, Col. Watterson said,
in the Louisville Courier-Journal editorially:
" 'Two things seem tolerably sure
to the surmise of the Courier-Journal:
if Woodrow Wilson Is nominated
for president It will be through the
force of an irresistible pressure of
public opinion; and if he is defeated
for the nomination, it will be by
with! money.
'No democrat of modern times has
come Into the running, Samuel J. Tll-
den alone excepted, with halt at once
of
Gov. Wilson witness the frequently
quoted statement of Mayor Dahlman
of Omaha, Neb., who has for months
not only bee nopenly opposed to Uov.
Wilson but who has been the aggres
sive champion of another candidate.
sugar plantations white the tobacco The same applies to others who have
V'?J.Trl dilated with the so- Indulged In lachrymose expreselons.
railed tobacco trust and the unltea
Fruit company controls the fruit bus
iness. It Is conceded that tnese in
terests would all doubtless prolt n-
nanclally by Increased -stability of the
government but the dominant feeling,
it is explained, among the responsible
owners Is that "good government,"
urhAthAr American or Cuban, Is all
that is needed.
SOUGHT TO SELL CHILD
Man's Bareain with Italian Count
Gives Divorce Decree to
His Wife.
Pittsburg, Jan. 20. Mrs. Francis B.
Lisbon won a divorce from ner nuB'
band, Harry D. Lisbon, chiefly because 1 care1 to have made when Gov. Wood-
Mr. Lisbon wanted to sell tneir i
vara old daughter. Margaret, to an
iiAltan rnnnt several weeks ago ior
$50,000. Mrs. Lisbon testified: "My
husband came home one evening and
said: 'Bessie, an Italian count has Just
nftVrart me $50,000 for Margaret 1
told him I would bring the baby to son In New York was given out nere
him at once If you would give your I yesterday" by Judge Robert Ewing,
This, of course, is to be expected
whenever any man develops a detlded
lead for the nomination..
The gist of the Issue, as I see it
is whether one friend in private con
versation with another should. In an
swer to a plain question, resort to
flattery or dissimulation Or whether
he should state the truth as he sees
It." .
Senator Gore of Oklahoma In a
statement came out flatly In defense
of Gov. Wilson. He declared the
entire Incident was "a bubble, not a
billow."
Judge Ewlng'g Statement
Nashville. Tenn.. Jan. 20. "Well,
I'll have to put on the soft pedal."
This is the exclamation Col. Har-
vev. editor of Harper's Weekly, Is de-
row Wilson, rorceo. to repiy w tui.
Harvey's query, said he feared edi
torial support In the weekly was in
juring his (Wilson's) cause. A state
ment purporting to be a description
of the meeting between col. riarvey
and Gov. Wilson with Henry Watter-
consent' I nearly fainted at this.
On the following day Mrs. Lisbon
started divorce proceedings.
GOVERNMENT WILL ACT
AGAINST HARVESTER CO.
Washington. Jan. 20. Attorney
General Wlckersham assured the
house rules committee today that the
government would take action against
the International Harvester company,
a congressional Investtfrntlnn of which
is under consideration by the commit-
teo, . .
middle Tennessee . representative or
the state Woodrow Wilson organiza
tion. Judge Ewing, Who 18 reiatea ny
marriage both to Gov. Wilson and Mr.
Watterson, asserts . the governor a
statement to Col. Harvey was made
against the dictates of personal
friendship and with tne realization
that "Harvey's support had brought
him (Wilson) to ths front."
Judge Ewlng's Ut!ment begins:
"Col. Harvey's intimates well knew
that his editorial utterances v.-n
wholly untrammelled. He !v,l N . n
brought into close Ci i-n i ,., '
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