North Carolina Newspapers

. ' ' ' . " ". -''' - ' ' ' ,' ..." - '-.'.'.'.'.'''.-,' ..-;.''.:' " ' ' T. ' ' ' - ' ' '. ' . - ' ' ' '''' - ' t 1 ': '-. ' ' ..'-'" " . . . !,'"-'- ' " " ' . ' - '- V- - ' LAST EDITION , 4:00 P. 1.1. v Weather Torcast: SNOW; CObBEH, , VOL. XVI. ASHEVILLE, N. ' C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, r FEERUARY 3, 1912. 3c PER COPY MR. LA FOLLETTE 4STRAHGELY SLA1H UNDERWOOD'S FRIENDS ACTIVE "V'.T. ; A ' ' TtV TP1 T T T Tf jr'-a- E PUS IS WEARY GIV RAMI DA1DSI Hon. 0. Seitz Caustic Toward Wisconsin Senator Who At tacks' Newspapers in Two . :h ', Hours',' Speech. '.''; CALLED TRAGEDY FOR ', ' CANDIDATE'S HOPES "He Has Simply Wiped Him y self Offthe-Map' , Declares' - ; ,J, Toastmaster in an v '; . v' . Interview".- V , Philadelphia, Feb; 3. Denunciation of Senator LaFollette by Don-C. Soltz ported . in the extreme "south' from of the -American Newspaper Publish- New Orleans to Jacksonville, Flu. era' association marked the close of The Storms will "moOe directly .'enst the Perlpdlcal Publishers' association j ward accompanied by sntiw. or rain banquet early this morning. Selfa was tonight and Sunday , Decidedly- cold toastmaster.' LaFollette ' began hta' weather and high. ' winds' will fbi- speech-ne'ar midnight and spoke two hours. The' six hundred diners were visibly wearied by his long-drawn-out remark's,, frequently interrupting him. Much of his. speech -was - devoted -to the money power and an attack' upon , the sincerity . of-fhe newspaper press . of the. country- When LaFollette Jln l,she Selts aid: ,'.. '. .:' - ' '. j "1 snail not attemjj't, nor have I 'the time' to.. come". the defense, of the ' i-ouiilry's newspapers, which have Just been foolishly, -wickedly and untruth fully -assailed.' ' . . ' . : i ' . ; " ; The rchnke- was. uttered In a half . ungfy tone.-. . ,. "" ' ''.:' , K;-.- Seltx in tin Interview 'this, morning 'said: , .. ' : ': '.' .':- : ', - '.i"'LASt night's dinner during' which We thought we would ; "josh" ' the statesmen and which ended In calum ny was a tragedy, , for LaKollette's - hope.'.- He has imply wiped, himself off the map., .Undoubtedly he came to Philadelphia'-" to make the address of his lite and when It developed , into an' infamous slander of newspapers ' and wallowfng praise of the maga zines. I realized the man had ever ' ateppedj the mark.'.''; . $' , ' J. , ;r. .-rj PQISONED ? rmlxilmlng of His IVnly Lravf Pcnth Cause of Sjieod- .Murder Spceta- ,' .. - tor in DouM. : . . Fort Worth, Tex.', Feb. Because Edward Throckmorton's body was taken from the hospital. here healed to an, undertaking' establishment and. embalmed before the court's order di recting an autopsy be held was" served yesterday, efforts fo ascertain by this -means whether or not the states' prin cipal witness against J. 6. Snead. -accused of having murdered A.J3. Boyce, sr., was poisoned came to naught. ' 1 Throckmorton Was found at a local hotel unconscious Sunday night. . He died Thursday night . t. . - i Physicians declare his death result. ed from drinking liquor, and a grand 'Jury Investigation , Is anticipated to determine whether or not the liquor ' was drugged.. Before he died Throck morton declared . that he. had Aeen 'doped.' ' , ' . '; ' . ) . Memberrf'of the Throckmorton' fanv ily deny 'that, they gave, instructions for the removal of the body, while hospital authorities contend t,hat they - followed the custom of years In turnr ing the body over to undertakers ,( UNKNOWN SHIP AFIRfi . Revenue -Cutter Hastens to tli' Ren- .'"'cue of Steamer Dialing Off Vlr-' '.'" " ' ff'ni" Coast. : ' Baltimore, Md.. Feb. ,8. A wirel.oss dispatch from' th steamship Texas toilnv reDorts an unknown , steamer afire 20 miles northeast ot Bodies Is fcnd. off the Virginia coast, The" rev enue cutter. Onondaga responding to ' wireless appeal has gone to the burn ing vessel. The Texas passed the burning craft at 10- o'clock this morn Ing. An unknown vesse lis standing ' by. A dispatch trom the Texas, which 1b bound for Newport News, said the burninir steamer's name Is unknown but she halU om Liverpool. The Kuwanee, of the Merchants and Miners line: Baltimore ;for Savannah ana JackHonvllle, was due to pass Bodies Island aC noon today. ' - . IiiHuraned Association I'pheld. Richmond. Feb.' 3. Judge Buch anan of the Virginia Supreme Court of ADneais vesterday rendered a de. clRloQ roversinj? the Newport News .corporation court, which convicted the SouthWfltern Tariff association of be Ing an illegul conspiracy of insuranc ngants to "stillo competition and op press the Insuring public of Newport News." The case on appeal was Har rls and others against- the common wealth. 1 The court sustained the de fendants, who contended the tvarrant Claimed no criminal offense. Taft Inite the Nations. 4 ''Washington. Fob. 3. The president today sinned a jiroolamatlon Inviting other . nations to participate in tho Pantma-l'iu-llic international exnosl- tltn to I':niHna 1915. eb-lirato the opening of the i-anaf. nt San Francisco i in ! I l I. -A ire f'f t t. h Rain or . Snow WiU " Precede a i Decided Dropjn Tern- ., .:;'.r ; ' PeratureV - Washington, Feb.. 3. A cold wave with-a' temperature of 20 degrees be low zero and lower -at some, points is following, tho western" storm which this morning centered over the middle Mississippi valley. .'The aero' tempera ture line extends from the southern like. 'region south westward to the Kocky'. mountains, - passing "through Missouri and Kansas. Frosts are-ro .low It. Zero In Chicago. I v . - . GhicagOj Feb. Si The first vlndiea'-. Hon of the ground hog's action In re turning to his hole yesterday tame' to day, when a fold wave.Bwept .down from the ' Canadian northwest. It covers the Jiaketas! Mlniveota, Wiij consin, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. Although few records- wore broken, a bulow zero temperature-of 29 at Wino na,, Minnv and '-28 at, THiluth ee'med unusually severe: -.; -'. ' I.)8t' night the. mercury Jiere. dropy ped; to zero. . ' ':.,', -V SHOT SELF IN HEftHT TWICE. IN HEAD DTCE Atlanta Youth Kills Detective - . ' ;. - and Commits Suicide in : -'' '"Knoxville.' ;-, - Kndxville, Tenn., Feb. 3. Philips R..Yow of Atlanta shot and Instantly killed C. C. Cadle In the lobby of a local Tiotel yesterday afternoon and Immediately afterward committed suir cide.'f Yow was a-son of E. M. Yow, a prominent business man of Atlanta, Ga., and was formerly engaged In ,bus- ness in-this city. He came here about a week ago enroute to Sa"n Francisco. The cause for the shooting is not known. '' ' '.' " - ' ' Yow Entered the, lobby with 'a. re volver In his hand, and- walking to ward Cadle, who was seated, fired th first shot, which struck Cadle in the left shoulder and passed. through the back of a chair In which another-ho tel guest was sitting... Cadle Started to run, and was shot again, ine nui let striking Win at. the base of the neck and, ranging downwara, passeq through-the heart. ' Yow. immediate ly placed thi weapon over' his. heart and fired two shots,. the bullet In each instance, according to- physicians, pass ing through the .-hear and entirety through the body. H then sat down on a sofa and shot- himself tnrougn the temple. '. . -. ' . - . ' , Cadle was 26 years old and marriea. Vow wan ft and unmarried. - -,,' . V Lose 66 in figgt V " t I in' 1 . $liarp Outpost Engngernent Between Clhm-sc llepulillcans ami imperiaii , ls Baltic xpee tedl Feb. 5. Hlitzen. China, Feb!' s;-r-The repub lican troops lost 60 men K'Hed in an outpost engagement win mo "vi"- lals 18 miles north of this place 10 rtav.- Relnforcementa'or suou men are leaving here for the frpt, A battle Is exDected to take place February 5 n.wige xisun, cumiiia""iB ""t perlai force at Suchew, has -made of ter to ioln the revolutnary - army With his followers if his personal loss es are 'relmbjirsed. . ' - " PLEADS NOT GUILTY t Darrow In Court on Jury Bribery Charge Motion to Quash j lenled. ' -. . ' ' I -. ... -Los Angeles. Feb. 3. iClarence 8, Darrow, former chlef.counsel for -the McNamaras, pleaded -not guilty to.ly tb two indictments charging him with lury bribing. 'The pleas wer.e entered after Judge Button denied a demurrer (lied on behalf of Darrow' end ;a mo tlon to qua in the Indictments. Bolieminn Count Addresses' House. Washington, Feh- 3. CounJ Francis Von Leutzow- of Bohemia, enamDer lain to Jlmperor Francis Jofteph of Austria, addressed the house or repre senfatlvea On universal peace during a 15 minutes recess yesterday. He was Invited to do o by Democratic Leader Underwood., ' , 1 victor licrger, the- socialist con gressman from 'Milwaukee, protested against the foreign nobleman address ing the house but later wunarew in: objections. v .' I'l-ii-ioii AliriirltUn Tas-iea. .,..i.,. -t,,i. Kt h. 3. The pension - i: I. ill i-.urvins nbuii 1 ,1 the limine by , V 'the V Construction Gang1' oh the Job.' 'Jr AGAIN OUTLINES PLAN ., FOR TRUST' REGULATION Wants a Business Oonrt, Federal In- '. rorpnratlinvct anil the Im- ; prlsotiment ' of? Olfcnilersi ' i .,' '',, r'---,i;?,'";-':-- Kew. York, Febi : 3. "Somebody In this country Is making a. colossal mis take. What we need is more 'patlot isrh'nnd less 'politics."- ' ;'',''. George, W. Porklns thus complained of the-, federal rovernmen't's. attitud' toward corporations Irf an address de livered'hce.lust, ' flight before'' the Traflie -club, an organization of rail road men arid merchants. ;. -,- "There Is no -logical . connection." said Mr., PerkJns, ".between the evils thnyt have existed In our large- indus trial concerns antl, the remedies that the government is- trying to topplyv In nlace.of regulaiion we ar given 'segregation, and arejold that dissolu tion Is the solution; while every prac tical pin a knows that dissolution ,1s-a mere, dehiston.v Governmentregula tion is all right but government,, re pression Is' all wrong. .'..;', "Somebody .in this Country is mak ing a'0lOKal -mistake. Somebody- is woefully, wronsr. fjs It, the theoretical politician, or the . practical ...business man?"; Would it be a mislake at least to try to' regulate before we strangu late? ' It is time, that' the business men.of.'this country awoke to ' what the theorists of this country are try ing to do: ' Business men have made mistakes; they realize thera and admit them, but these . mistakes, in their costliness to the' people, will be. but as a drop In the bucket, In comparison with the -costliness of the mistakes that our theoretical friends have been making In 'recent years and. are con tinuing to make. , , What Perkins Would Have! Done. ,; xqDlructly. .program! docs -not prevent) insurmountable difficulties. ts solution would be comparatively easy and. prompt if we could have a It Lie more patriotism and a little less politics.. Congress could in a short time adopt a . policy that would give both immediate and prospective relief, nd ' this could be done by working somewhat along the following .linear 'FIrit, creats. at once; lrt or oit of he department of commerce . nnd labor, a business,, court or controlling commission, composed largely, of ex perienced business men. ' , -."Second, give this body power to license corporations doing ' an .Inter- state or International business,' ' ' "Third, make such 'license depend on the ability of a .corporation to com ply with conditions laid down by con gress when creating- such commission anB with suc,h regulations as may be prescrmeu Dy tne commission ltseir. "Fourth-make publicity, both be fore and, after license is issued, the essential - feature . of these rules and regulations.,, '. Require 'each company to '-secure the approval "of sardV-com-misslon of all' its afalrsi from Its cap!-, tallzatlon to Its business practjees.- In the beginning' lay down only -broad principles, with a -view to elaborating and ierfectlnK them as conditions re quire.X -'.-. 1 - . ' , For Imprisoning Malefactors. "Fifths male the violation of such rules and regulations punishable by the imprisonment of Individuals rather than by the revocation of the license of the company,, adopting. In this re spect the- rhethod .' of proceedurc" against- national banks lri ease .of wrongaoing.- : ., -.. .,. v As a means of obtaining prospective organization Mr.' Perkins suggested the following: : J ' ' 'First, the house and the senate to join at once in supporting a jcom mis sion to make a careful atiidy of the 'Shwninn law and the variou sugges tions that have been. made regarding Its repeal, Amendment and amplifica tion. ''.';, :- '. '' .' ' ' Second, said commission to study and report on the wisdom and practi cability iOf a national . Incorporation act. -.. ".': , ; - The time has now come when; we are obliged to stop and fight the Question out. The developments of the last few months make It clear that dissolution I' no solution. - The wrecking crew has been working over time.' Is' it not time to put the con struction gang onto the jobT'V ,' f CHINAMEN FOR WILSON t'niisual FiiHlorsement Is Receive! by Cnudhlate from Ktmlents Club. In New York. 'New York, Feb. -3. An unusual en dorsement , was today ' forwarded Woodrow Wilson- In- a .-.resolution adopted by the Chinese Students club. Dr. J, Young, author of the resolu tion said: "I 'speak, not as a demo- crat or a republican. I am from the south and have a southerner' senti ments.' , Governor - Wilson . shown friendliness for-the Chinese 'in this country and I offer a resolution ex pressing1 our friendship for him." - The resolution was adopted unanl niously. ' ' .'.'' .Tb" Collie c4 FH ebruary Duy. Ln' 'Im.. Feb. ..f :'l ild-r With blow 71- Says , It's Time' to' Put v. I ' Women Two Men and Two KiUed---Boyf Murders Rel- ; v. ; atives'fnd Self. :v ; Lawrence,' Mass., Feb. 3.rA mystev rlous quadruple murder In which two men and two . women were killed Was revealed fast -nlghl by the discovery of the bodies' of the Victims In a ten enfent 'house In the heart of ,the city! .- The dead are: - .) - ', , ,'Mr. Annie Denis, aged 8,5 years. .'-. Mr,' had Mrs. Joseph Savla, aged 35 and 30 yars, respectively, and nn un identified man.'l" - A disturbance was hoard. In the Sa via apartment about 3 o'clock this mornlpg by the' family which lives down stairs, but Wo investigation, was made. -' When no member ,- of the hhusehold appeared during the day, however, the police were called In. , The body ot thfr Unknown man was fund Jn the kitchen with the throat cut and knife wounds on his body. In a-corner, were the bodies of Jo seph SavUi and his wire, both nif whom had evidently met death! during' a -bloody battle for their lives. . In a room'adlolnlng was found the body of -Mrs.' dennls. Her throat had been cut. ';''.-. ?'';' ' -.:';.'.: ': - ; The - police -.Way ,; fro - connection he twoen the murder and the mill strike is" apparent. Jt tS' beJIeved that the murderer 'escaped .by a rear dobr as bloody footprints were found on a stairwu leading" Into it. The" police have no clue. ; ' '- : ' Hoy Kills Three and Cuts Tlironf. -APPleton.Wis.,' Feb. 3. -What Is believed by. the sheriff to be a triple murder and suicide; was reported to Dlstrk-t Attorney F. J. Kooney yester- duy when the bodies of four persons. all members of the same family, were found at the farm, home of Lewis Mallahn, Blnghamton-, a settlement 15. miles from here.,; The dead are: Lewis Mallahn, aged 66 years, shot in head. r i i - Wllliumt Mallahn, aged '21 years, throat cut. .' .-. Dora Mallahn. aged 167 years, throat cut, - - '' - 'f : ' ' '.''- . John Mallahn," aged 8,. throat, cut. 'William Mallahn,- ' recording to neighbors,,, recently had been acting strangely and the .supposition Is -that he Tnurdered' Ms 'i'Sttftivtav ,nd j then killed himself. He had been a.t'outs with his father since last fail and had been absenj from homo -until last Sunday. A fancied grievance over favors extended to other members of thin family- Is thought to have ' In spired the deed. ' -. - . Mrs. Mallahn died (Several .years ago.i William was a favorite with his mother. It Is suldi and had not lived In accord with, his, family since her death. . , . ' GREAT TONG IR W& THE PACIFIC COtiT flop Sing and Hip Sing Feui Breaks Out in Many -.'' ; Cities. San Francisco. Feb. The Pacific coast cities from Sun . Diego to Van couver are confronted with a tong war. With- three mep already hul'et riddled and- an armistice flagrantly violated, mercenaries and leaders of a great Chinese family have made ready to avenge their friends. At San Jose, Lee Koe, member of the Hip Sing long, is-dead and Wan Get Is under arr&st. . In San Francisco, when Lee Kee's death became known thd allies of the Hip Sings shot two Hop Sing men. ,' ", ' ' .lUMl.OOO Fire at Cranford, N. J. Cranford, N. J., Feb. a. Fire in the opera holme ana unjaceni duiiuiiikb caused 1100,000 damage , here this morn nig. , ' . '. i." Ii Gorge Breaks. Beattyvllle. Ky., Feb. 3.-Pour.hun dred thousand timber staves, valued at $4000, were swept away when an Ice gorge broke here today. Story of a Blind Tiger, a LiveBear,a$50 Check C. HineS Imbibed a Little and Bought Bruin, Sobered up, Drew Bank Deposit and Went tb Keeley Institute ' ' ' v Firm Cashing Paper Sues. . n .. GaBetteN'ewt Bureau,'. ' The Hotel . Raleigh, - Raleigh, Feb. 8, C.,Hlnes,'an Insurance man of Wendell, went to Middlesex the other day and absorbed a little too much blind tiger liquor. He saw a real, live heitr, owned by A. L. Stewart, and offered $50 for the animal. The trade was made and Mr. lnnes gave his check for He r. ! up prcttv on a n-1 o , ,.r : at t t , d th.-i Infui' u 1 1 i m r, : t IK III 11. t 1 In Driving Snowstorm British Steamer Strikes Hsr Off " . '., Cape Henry. - PASSENGERS AND CREW RESCUED BY POMARON Tho Latter, Also Crippled. Is Con. 1 ' ' , - - i voyed to Port by the Revenue , Cutter Oiinmlaga. ' - - Newport News, Va., Feb. 3. Three passengers and 48 men of the crew of the Hamburg-American,' liner Alle gheny, Slink by the British steamer Poniaron off the Virginia capes yes-tt-rday,. were safely landed here by the Pwiiaun, which toiik them off. '.The Poiiiaron.put in for repairs. New-York,- Feb. 3. The Hamburg': American., line - steamer Allegheny. I which left here-Thiirsday. for Centra' Amerlca.and the West Indies, sunk !G miles east-northeast of Cape-Henry,! oft the Virgjnla coast, after a collision with the British , steamer Pomaron, according' to wireless dlsriatches re- celv here ' last night. The Pomaron with the passengers and crew of the Allegheny on board and convoyed by! the revenue, cutter Onondaga is fhak ing slowly for port, the messages said. Earlier wireless advices hail told of the collision as occurring in latitude 37.48, longitude' 74, but stated that although the Allegheny was badly! damaged It was believed she could reach port under her own power. Last night's advices, although meager, are t6 the effect that damage to her hull was far more serious than was at first supposed and that she sank, not far from the point where the collision oc curred, the Pomaron taking on board the sinking liner's ' passengers and crew. The Pomaron's bow was badly stove In, but the wireless advices were that she was apparently holding. well through a moderate sea with a strong northwesterly breeze blowing. : The revenue cutter Onondaga hast ened tq the scene of the collision in respenso- to-.wireless" calls and sTitj -'re ported that she had "picked up" the Pomaron twenty-five miles east-southeast of Hog Island light and, was con voying her into the Virginia capes. : The advices Indicated that the col lision occurred lri a driving snow storm. The Allegheny belonged 'to what Is termed "Line C." of the Atlas service of the Hamburg-American line and alternately with her sister ship, the Alta I, made fortnightly trips from New York' to Porto Colombia, calling on the way at Port Au Prince and other West Indian ports. She carried cabin passengers only. She was 310 feet long, 38.2 feet m breadth, and 23 feet in depth and had a gross tonnage of 2495-. She was a steel boat and was built in 1894 at Glasgow by, R. Napier & Sons was a single screw steamer with three decks, five com partments' and had water ballast The Allegheny was the first steamer to rush supplies to Jamaica after the disastrous earthquake, on that .island In January, 1007. , v FACE PEONAGE TRIAL egroes Restrained from . Leaving Construction Camps Without -Passes Two Were Shot. London. Ky., Feb. 3 Charges that negroes were hem in peonage in eamns maintained by railroad con structors will be hearii In Federal court beginning Monday. These at tempting to leave the camps without a pass were arrested by sheriffs' aepu ties and- whipped. In two instances negroes were shot. . ' DIX FORCED TO REST On the Verge of Ureukdown, Ho Is Compelled to Give tip Off li ial t ares. Albany, Feb. 3. Governor Dix is on the verge of a. breakdown and has been advised by his physician to give up all social and public engagements for the present. The burden of his duties has wprn him out He will rake a vacation, giving up the cares of office entirely. and an officer, of this concern tele phoned the Bf nk of Wendell to know whether Mr. 1'ines had the.mdney. The bank officer said he had. ,Mr. Hlnes withdrew his money before the check for $50 reached the bank, and now the supply company Is trying yo cqllect . , ' ..'.' The case was tried at Wendell Thursday night and the bank won. The Middlesex Supply1 company ap plied. Mr. Hines has gone to Creens bnio to take the Keeley cure. Mr. i t Stewart has the nintn y and the Lenr il. ! unci the supply company and tho hunk ..-! ti-iitiiig to fee ho bus to I" -e tin WILSON SECOND CHOICE IF CINIITE JJ.FOU Provided, He Lacks Endorse ; nient, Urges Friends to Sup port Jersey Man. -. .Toplin, Mo., Feb. 3. Joseph W. Folk, former governor of Missouri, formally opened his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination here last night- at a meeting under the auspices of the Joplln" Folk for President .club. The-' meeting was largely attended. .- .- In presenting his claims Tor indorse metri of Missouri democrats, Mr. Folk recalled the action of the state con vention which two years ago pledged Its support to. him. The St. Louis city committee ..was attacked by Mr. Folk, who doclared that it is dominated by agents of tho great corporate powers of the state. , ''.-.-'. r The 'name of Woodrow Wilson was brought out by Mr. Folk when, re ferring to the state convention to be held here February 20, he urged the co-operation of his friends and those of Governor Wilson, 1f he fails to get tHe convention Indorsement , In the support of a progressive candidate. "The mission of democracy is to make men free, to liberate them from the oppression ot privilege and to give to each man an equal opportunity," declared Mr. Folk in his address. ''Wo are approaching in the nation the time for a great battle for these principles. " Missouri, will have an im portant part In that conflict. . ' v "If thereMs anything I could say or anything I could do to relieve the un fortunate state of affairs within the democratic party of Missouri I would most cheerfully do it If. I had to split- the party to win this contest 1 should prefer a hundred times not to win it. . ' "The success of democratic princi ples just now Ib more Important than the advancement or any. individual. 'Neither Mr.v'Cluilt nor myself should be considered, but the- welfare of the party alone kept in view. If it is bet ter fpr the party, after accepting the benefit, 'to break the pledge made by the last democratic convention, of which "Mr. Clark was a member and temporary chairman, then let it be broken. , ' "It is simply a question of whether the party would be in a better posi tion before the people with the pledge kept or broken. , If the. pledge is honored, I shall be, gratified; if not, I shall not complain but will give my best efforts, to the cause of democ racy and do my best to quiet disaffec tion." . . T New York Committee Plan ning to Sell Groceries and ' Farm Products. New York, Feb. 3. Plans for a great central market with the primary purpose of reducing the cost of gro ceries and farm products are being prepared by a, committee of citizens organized to investigate the high cost of living problem. The new institu tlon will be located under the Man hattan approach of the Queensborough bridge. : . ' . STARR SEES IN KOREA GREAT BATTLEGROUND First Conflict Coming llelweeii Rns sla and Japan, Second Between Nippon and China. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 3. Prof. Fred erick Starr of Chicago university, who has Just returned from the far east declares that Korea will be the bat tleirround of two great wars within the next few years. The first struggle, he ' says, -will come between Russia and Japan. Then Japan and China will fight ' Russia, according to. Pr. Starr, la filled with rage and humiliation over the defeat by Japan und Is making preparations to give a better accoun of (tself next time. ' THE GOVERNOR COMING Will Speak at Marshall Monday and Spend Monday Night in AsheMlle. , Governor W. W. Kltghin will spend Monday1 night In Ashevllle,- staying at the Battery Park hotel. Governor Kltchln ' will speak hi Marshall 'Monday, the occasion being a meeting In the Interest of the Cen tral highway, and come from Marshall to Ashevllle. Tlio Egyptian Cotton Crop. ' 'Alexandria. Ki.yptian cotton not h's than V !,M. ' !-' Feb. 3. The Designs-of Bankhead and Oth er Boomsmen on the North Carolina Delegation Be ' come Evident. PRE-CONVENTION FIGHT WILL' SOON BE OPENED It Will Likely Be Chiefly Be tween the Alabama Man and Wilson Poe's . v Views. , azetti;-News Bureau, V . . Wyatt iluilding, Washington, Feb. 3. A few dayss since the faet was re- ' corded in these dispatches that-.f fiends of Representative Underwood had de signs upon the North Carolina dele gation. There Is no longer any doubt of this. Senator Bankhead and other Underwood leaders are now In touch with a number of North Carolinians anil from time to time these may be expected to move into the open. It is not at all Improbable that the pre convention conflict in the Old North State will be chiefly between the Wil son and Underwood forces. 1 P. I). Gold of Raleigh,' who is so we'll known throughout the south in insurance circles, was here yesterday In conference with .some of the Under wood leaders, -and It ' Is understood thut H: B. Varner of Lexington .re cently talked things over with Sena-' tor Bankhead. Mr.' Gold expressed ! the belief that the time had arrived for the south to come into her own, . after qouthem leaders had -for 40 years followed the lead of men from the por.th and west In contests which had generally proven fruitless Mr. ' Gold put the case this way: , "Why should not southern democracy, after rurnisning me ioou ana ruei, noing the cooking and sitting In the kitchen . for over 40 years, have a chance of a t H-frtrttteffrMir' ptiwn?.-. ' .T"f ' "Tlio South tor n Southerner." . "In Congressman Oscar W.. Under- wood of Alabama the south haa can didate that will command the respect ' and votes of a united country.. His record1 in congress and especially as a democratic leader of the house, has proven that he is one of the ablest ! men In America. His life work has been In the cause of tariff for revenue only, the platform on which the, dem ocratic party has won since the civil war. There is a strong 'sentiment In the south for Mr. Underwood, espe cially since the Watterson-Harvey- Wllson controversy, which has made people wonder who is 'it' and what-it rfieans. . AVith southern delegations for him at Baltimore, under the dem ocratic two-thirds rule, he can be nominated and his nomination would mean his election. "The slogan, 'The South for a Southerner," will make Mr. Under wood the ;next president of the Unit ed States, 'and do more to efface sec tional lines and return the south to her rightful place in the nation than , another half century of following blindly with her solid vote, whoever the north or west happens to choose as a candidate for president." Clarence It Poe, editor of the Pro gressive Farmer, was here yesterday and made a social . call upon his friends. Senators Lodge and Williams. Mr. Poe expressed the opinion that Governor Wilson had emerged un siathed from the Watterson-Harvey , affair, and, upon being told of tho activity of. the Underwood people,. added that ho had been unable to place any Underwood .sentiment In his state. It is true, nevertheless, that friends of Mr. Underwood will soof organize for a fight in the state. W.. A. II. BRIDGE IS BLOWN UP WRECKING A TRAIN Several PasseiHn-rH Killed Near Muk den, When Cars I 'lunge Through Shattered Trestle. London, Feb. 3. When a railroad bridge was blown up east of Mukden, Manchuria, a train was wrecked and several passengers were killed, accord ing to Tien Tsin advices. It Is not unknown whether bandits or rebels are responsible. SHIPS MEET AT SEA The' Trn!tt, Damaged When Rammed, Towed Into Hampton RoaiU by th Ceil. Norfolk, Feb.- 3. The Norwegian teamer .Cecil, Philadelphia to Hamp ton Roads, and . the three masted schooner George W. Trultt, Jr., of Sea ford, Del., Jacksonville to New York were In collision at sea yesterday off the Virginia coast. The Trultt was damaged and wan towed into . the rouds by the Cecil. k- TO SALVAGE CRAFT The Sunken F.nellsli Submarine Prob ably Cannot Itc Raised for Several Iliij s. , Portsmouth, Eng.. Feb. P, ants are ln-lntc ma!.,' to nilnnnnf i li ) h ' i ' ' 1 f .iT ' -. r .1 ! I 'j v i Attend - o