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. Tun ASSOCIATED PRESS : DISPATCHES LAST EDITION - 4:00 P. H. T7e&thir Tortc&iV. r PAIR AXD COLl. VOL. XVIL no; 11. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22, 1912. 3c PER COPY Chancellor M. H. Pitney Who Succeeds Harlan Gold Production in 1911 L. RDBSEVELT IS EilGITIC Was Largest in History TAFTSQUELCHES WILSON III USHER Message Disapproves of K.f' 7 master General's Plan for Government Ownership of Wire Lines. WOULD NOT BENEFIT PUBLIC, HE BELIEVES President Urges Congress Double Postal Rate on , Newspapers and Mag azine Publications. to Washington, Feb. 'i 22. President Taft today Informed congress that he did not 'approve of Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock's suggestion thnt the government buy and operate nil tele graph lines as sn adjunct of the pos tal svHtem. Mr. Taft said thnt If It could he shown that the public would ' benefit by receiving service at a less price than Is now paid he might think , .differently of the plan, but that he was not convinced such would be the effect, After referring to the practical wlp Ing out of the postal deficit and other features of Mr. Hitchcock's admlnis' tration of affairs, Mr. Taft In trans mitting the postofflce department's re port to congress today said: 'There is only one recommendation - In which 1 cannot agree that Is one which recommends that the telegrupn .'lines in the United States should be made a part of the postal system and operated In conjunction with the mail system. This presents a question' of government ownership of public utlll tics which' are how being conducted , by private enterprise under franchises from, the' government : . ., ."X belieVtj that ;the; true principle-Is thnt private enterprise should ba per- mitted" to carry on such public utili "'tles under, due regulation as to rates by. proper authority rather than that the government should -Itself conduct (hem. This principle I favor because do not think It In accordance with the best public policy thus greatly to increase the body of public servants. Would Not Reduce Cost. "Of course. If it could be shown that telegraph service could be fur nlshed to the public nt a less price , than it is now furnished to the public by telegraph companies, and with equal efficiency, the I argument might be a strong one in favor of the adop . tion of the proposition. Hut I am not satisfied from any evidence tluit if these properties were tuken over by the government they could be man agedany more economically or any more efficiently or that this would en able the government to furnish ser vice at any smaller, rate than th public are now required to pay by private companies." The president found much, he said to commend in Mr. Hitchcock s de pnrtinent. "I cannot speak with too great emphasis," he said, "of the lm provement In the . postofflce depart ment under the present management. He showed that there was a surplu of $219,118.12 at the end of the last lineal year compared with a deficit of 17. 479. 770.47 two years before. Thl was not to bo accounted for, the pres ident pointed out, by reduction of force or numbers of postoffices or sal- ' arles but by scientific economy: Mr. Taft approved the adoption of a purcels post recommended by Mr. Hitchcock: said that the placing of assistant postmasters In the civil ser vice should be followed by placing un der the classified service of postmaster and commended the - postal savings system. Preparations are being made, he said, to establish this system at about 40,000 fourth class offices. Would Ralso Postal Rate. The president also approved and forwarded to congress the report of the commission on second class mail matter and recommended that the postal rate on magazines and newspa Iters be raised from one cent to two cents a pound. , Postmaster General Hitchcock orig inally recommended a four cent rate, but later changed this to two. The commission finds that the cost of handling second clans matter Is about live and one-half cents a pound, in approving the two, cent rats, how ever. President Taft declares that the business enternrlses of the publishers nt nerlodlcals have been built UD on the basis of the one cent rate and therefore it would be manifestly un fair to put into Immediate effect laraer increase in postage. As to the effect of the proposed In- crease from one to two cents a pounu, President Taft quotes from the report of the postal commission, the follow Ing paragraph "Such an increase will not. In the opinion of the commission, bring dis ire upon the publishers of newspa pers and periodicals, or seriously in terfere with the dissemination of use ful news or Information. A reason able time should be allowed after the rate Is fixed, before It is put Into ef fect. While the news rate will be very far from compensating the gov ernment for the carriage and handling t-.f second class matter. It will to some extent relieve tho existing burden and result In a more cnHni Me uIJu-! nicni 1 i ' '. 5 N. 1 I, """ I V' ! .MSIMMtMalMr'l7IJtlluLl ' MAHLON PITNEY . Chancellor Mahlon H. Pitney of New Jersey, appointed to the Supreme ourt of the I'nited States to till the V ncancy caumed by te d.ath of Justice John M. Harlan. Chancellor Pitnuy i: with republican political movements 1 n nomination has been sent to the sen StNATOB SIMMONS Say Vpes .Against Democrat ic Majority Were -r J?r - Duties. Giizetle-N'etts llureau, Wyatt ltuildlng. Washington. Feb. 22. Referring to Governor Kitchin's lutest statement with reference to Senator" Simmons' votes at the extra session of congress on 43 roll calls. Senator Simmons last night Issued the following statement: 1 stated in my Interview thnt 1 was speaking with reference to the News and Observer report of Governor Kitchin's speech, which was the only report 1 had seen. That report rep resented hliu as saying that I had voted on 43 roll calls '19 times against the majority." Mr. Kitchln sayst he was speaking from senate document No. 275, the same to which I referred. That document on its lust page (57) gives a tabu'nted statement of - the votes of democratic senators 'with the republican majority' and the votes of democratic senators 'ugamHt the re publican majority' and It shows that I voted 11 times fewer than any dem ocratic eenator except three with the republican majority, and 32 time against the republican nmjorlty. It contains no tabulation showing how many times democratic senators voted with or against 'the democratic ma jority." 1 have not counted the num ber of times I voted against tno demo cratic majority during that session and this tabulation does not show It, but all my votes at that session on tariff .mentions against the democratic i.ia- lorltv were my votes against reciproc ity und on various amendments to-ine tecinrocity 1illl Amendments Mr. Simmons Yotrtl Tor. "I voted against reciprocity an.d I voted for various amendments to it 'he democratic majority voting against these amendments. I suppose Mr. Kitchln has added up these votes and that this Is where he geN his figures. U so Mr. Kitchln owed it to fairness to state what was the nature of the amendments upon which 1 cast these votes and upon which he indicts me, and as he did not do it I will: One of these amendments was to put cotton Bagging and tics on the free list. voted for it and the majority of the democrats voted against it. Another was to attach the farmers" free list bill I putting farm Implements and all kinds of wire fencing, sewing ma rhlnes. etc.. on the free llstt to the reciprocity bill. - 1 voted for It and - 'majority of the democrats voted 'pKalnstit. Another amended the bill I hv nuttlnir the manufactures of farm products on the free lift as well as the products themselves so as 10 at ie put the farmer upon an eiiimlity with - it and a majority of the democrat: against It. Another was to reduce m ties on rtructural' Iron and stool. ' votod for It and a majority of th I democrats voted against It. Anothe .was to amend the bill by reducing dn 'ties about 25 per cent on 28 enumcr I uted articles of farm and household necessities. I voted for this amend ment and the majority of the demo crats HKainit It. . ' j Other Amendments Similar. 'There were similar amendments, all lending in the smiie way, provid ing for rediictlnns ,r duties and plac ing r".d. i.n the five list for which IS a republican and has bpen identified New Jersey for nny years. His nte by . President, Taft. PEEBLES REVERSED BY SUPRE T Wake -Couniy - Commissioners Lose in the McCullers Case Decision. . . Giuctte-Xews llureau, The Hotel Italeigh, Italelgh, Keb. 22. r. J. J. I.: McCullers and the Wake "ounty board of education yesterday won a sweeping victory against the hoard of county commissioners In the ontest for the possession' of the office :t county superintendent of health, he Supreme court reversing the order if Judge R. CI. Peebles, who held that ihe write of mandamus was not the ;roper remedy for Dr. McCullers to iuirsue. The Supreme court also held that Dr. l. 8. Stephens, who was em ployed by the commissioners to per forin the duties of the office, had not ;ven a colorless title to the office or anything to indicate that he wa-s ,ln possession of it. Tho effect. of the opinion Is to de clare constitution;:! section 9 of the health law, as passed by the last legis lature. The higher court held thnt the mayor, chairman of the board of ducation and chairman of the county coftmiissloners held their offices as nembers of the health board by rea n of their other offices, and that the aw merely Imposed additional duties on them; but that It did not confor another office. ' 30QSTERS OP IHE SOUTH Tl Establishment of Immigration and Industrial Clearing House Contemplated. lialtlmore, Feb. 22. The establish ment of an Immigration and Industrial clearing house for the south through tho southern settlement and, develop ment organization, which was formed here by t'elegates from the southern states and transportation interests, was foreshadowed by one of the lead ers th the movement yesterday. With lieitdniirters In Baltimore, the organization will have branches throughout the country, especially in the southern slates. The new enter prise, It was sold, is to be In charge of a director thoroughly equipped for Ihe work. niK-iisalng the new organisation Pnvlos Wartleld, chairman of the per manent committee, suld that the tin derlaking wi s a big one and the prob lems Involved were many. ' To accomplish their solution he added, would require the exercise of rt. high grade of Intelligence, a large amount of money and much energetic effort. Th's preliminary work, Mr. Wiirlleld said, Is now In tho hands nr the members of the permanent ex ecutive' committee, which Is composed iif representatives of the transporta tion lines Interested and the represen- lutlves of commercial bodies, who rep resent the Interests or tne respective 1 G U Story Published in News and Observer Regarding Under wood Denounced as "Ab solutely False." SAYS THE CANDIDATE I PAYS CORRESPONDENT And i.' . that Newspaper i Man ' "Stoops to Vilification," ; ani'Sendd Campaign Lit- X erature as News. ' Special to The Gazette-News. ' Lexington) Feb. 22. -When asked ! flhOIlt tllA frv' tmllluY,.1 Kit .Via TJa'l. I I A-' j . . . . I eiga iews ana unserver tnis morning .... . ... , . to the effect that the Underwood peo-, pie are trying to name E. S. Parker of Graham as their candidate for dele gate to the national democratic con vention, H. H.' Varner'said: "The story that the Cnderwood peo ple have selected E. H. Parker as can didate for delegate to the national convention Is absolutely false. The matter is not one of any BreaMiead lllll",! IKIH O . (US II BliUWH iiie kind of tactics the Wilson people are employing at Washington. Let me call your attention to the wording of the article: " 'The , story of one of their pet propects leaked out today. The Un derwood organization, of which Col. Vainer . is commander-in-chief in North Carolina, is planning to run E. S. Parker of Graham as a delegate to the national convention, and they arc counting on the strength which they propose to -develop in North Carolina to elect Mr, Parker, as the story Is told." " ' "Now I have not seen Mr. Parker In several years, t have : never received a letter from him, nor a' telegram, nor a telephone message, nor any sort of cqmiriunlcatitrawsf -:nv k'lndwhaV soever, and the ideaof attempting to lect mm a ,aeiegaie ,10 tne national onventlon hnd never entered my head ntll 1 saw It in the News and Ob server. I have nothing in the world gainst Mr. Parker, whom I consider very estimable gentleman, hut I uft simply had not thought of him. do not even know who Is his choice or president. If he Is Indeed an Un derwood mnh 1 would be glad to see him named as a delegate, for he has the ability to fill the office with credit to the stale. That "pet project ' story- Is bound to have been concocted by the News and Observer correspondent and by none other. Of course it is perfectly plain why his name of all others, was dragged In. Mr. Parker is a brother to Junius Parker, who is counsel to the Ameri can Tobacco company, and the Wilson people hope later on to delude the people Into thinking that Underwood is in (tome way entangled with the to bacco trust. It Is a notorious fact that he Washington correspondent of the News and Observer is a paid employe of the Wilson campaign bureau, and every letter he sends out Is Wilson literature masquerading under the name of news. The fact that he has descended to villlftca tlon and plain falsehood Is proof plentiful that the Wilson forces n North Carolina are getting scared and badly scared at that. This statement has been called forth by the necessity of nipping their scheme in the bud. The underwood forces are not going into a campaign of rtVid-Hllnging. Our candidate Is a democrat, a southern democrat, pure and undefjled, and he needs no ques tionable tactics to bolster up his cam paign. - r.ut while we expect to sup port our candidate with the simple truth alone, others shall not misrep resent him with Impunity." SERVANTS WANT MONEY THEY GUVEJTO HUM No Acount Found of Lifetime Savings Entrusted With Dead Financier. . ' ' ' Chicago, Feb. 22. One of the tan gles the administrators of the estate, of th., late Edwin Hawley, the mllllon- aire railroad man, will be asked unravel conrerun uie ihuiuhk uvum of servants Irt the Hawley household. All of Hawlev's servants entrusted hlm with their savings for investment, I but It is said no account of the slims, has been discovered. Klami Kobo. Japanese butler In Howley's employ ,lem. With the chemical tariff revls for If) years, claims to have nut $10,-1 Ion bill passed by the house yester- 000 In his care, while Mrs. McCale. his. housekeeDer. think her savings total more than $10,000. Other employes claim deposits of smaller amounts. THE WEATHER. For Ashevlllei and vicinity: Fair, continued cold tonight; Friday fair, with rising temperature. For North Carolina: Fair tonight, - "colder east portion; Friday fair, with rising teinperniure west winos, ue j l65UolB80l 1681 to 1690 1891 to 1900 1901 to I9IO " 'l9lV"to TiMO' ) I 1,1, i i i i i i i i i I i rr n i i i i n i i i i I i i HTI ifoj ' HO GOLD TiZODUCTlCm 1 iooB 01" THU WORLD 4- oo sinca ieri fr so , ,,, ,:, ,,,,,,,,,, , if r.-rj 90 ao S ,---?o ; i-- so - . Jig r. ' : 70 4 l :! 70 I -..pi J: I H-g t--mr 1 h - 60 I2Sgio-8 - - - J 30 i ""I L--------30 20 UJJrW - j C 20 10 ' '! L to! , According to the London Statist, nres confirm tho , ,h, ,u ------- , , """-" "s ures p(""irm the fact that the gold production of the world Cor the year lull was the largest ever recorded. Taking Into account undisclosed production, Including thefts of gold, it may reasonably be said that in round figures the inn proaucea by the world approaches the figure of $500,000,- U0''00h00On'1areS W'th eMt'm"te(1 prouuctlon ot thirty -.years, ago .of . The United Slates has produced about 3,45,000,000 ' worth of the mol.nl, and all Australia has followed clow on her heels with an aggregate output of about J.1,0sr..o00,000. The lead in the race of the various coun tries for t:ie highest production yearly has varied in recent years, as a con sequence largely of the South African war. In 1898 Africa assumed the lead, in 1900 the United States was first, in 190.1 Australia headed the ag gregate yearly production, but thereafter Africa again took the lead. Hardest Gale Sweeps Eastern Coast New York, Feb. 22. A gale from the southwest Which swept the east last night and this morning attained a maximum velocity here of 9S miles an hour; This breaks all records, the previous wind velocity record., being 83 miles four years ago. - - Telegraph. onipafijE. elaljrStiy 'U: was one of the hardest nights on wires in the country's history. Wire ser vice generally' was demoralized east of the Mississippi. This morning snow is falling. A "wireless report states three barges are adrift between Montatik point und Block Island. One hnrge was sunk. A revenue cutter 1 was summoned to the others assist a nee. Buildings ITnroofctl In Halelgb. - Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Italelgh, Raleigh, Feb. 22. Sweeping over the city at a velocity of 48 Miles per hour, the wind last night crippled the telephone and tele graph service, unrooted a number of trees, blew down the fence around the jail, unroofed the substation of the North Carolina Hydro-Electric com pany and lifted the roof of the grand stand at the A. and M. Athletic park. No loss of life was reported. A slight gale continues. Trains Collide in Snowstorm. Detroit, Feb. 22. The worst bliz zard experienced In Michigan in years was responsible yesterday for the death of nt least one person and the Injury of possibly 25 others as the "re sult of collisions between trains or street cars in the blinding snow. Steam and electric railroad traflc is General Ospina Recalled by Bogota Bogota, Colombia, Feb. 22. Gen eral Ospina, Colombian minister to the United States, was recalled by the Colombian government thla morning. The Colombia government took this action because. It I declared, neither the government nor the Colombian people uphold the position taken by Ospina at Washington in notifying the state department that Secretary Knox's . J CHEMICAL HEARINGS TO BEGIN MARCH 1 Revision Measure Passed by the House Scheduled for Reference In Senate Today. Washington, tariff revision Feb. '22. Democratic measures will be as signed for hearing before the senate toln(mee commlttee aa faat ag they ar(. v from the house. The adop tlon of thla plan by the regular re- publican leaders Is the only progress the senate has made in arranging for a the disposition of the big taritt proo day and scheduled for reference to the finance committee by the senate today, tiiere are two measures listed for the senate hearings. Chemical mil hear ings probably will begin on March 1. Grant's Sister 80 Today. Orange, N. J., Feb. 22. Surrounded by a few old friends, Mrs. Virginia Grant Corbln, sister of General U. S. Grant, Is celebrating her eightieth Mrs. Corbln If - mnniuy uei uiubj official 'wml.nffiett ann'flmnil . in Years parullzed. Several, trains ore buried in snow drifts. Wind Wrecks Dwellings. Illuetlold. V: Va.,- Feb. 22.-Ntne dwellings were blown over and wreck ed by a violent windstorm at North fork, W, Vn.. last night at 9 o'clock. Th Wreckage'' tw r'e"lfnff''Wi'f(tfedr for an hour. :. Several people" are re ported missing and a woman and child were severely burned. Wind and Ha 1 11 in Georgia. Savannah, Ga Feb., 22. High winds tlval approached cyclonic vio- iencn in several places and a very heavy rain caused damage in a num ber of cities of the south Atlantic coast section yesterday. At Savannah the wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour and the rainfall during the daylight hours was 1.34 Inches.' At Waycross, Ga., a canal over flowed and cut parts of the city in temporary islands, undermining walls in several places and causing loss to stock in business houses. Child Killed at Greenville, S. C. Greenville, S. C, Feb., 21. The worst wind and rain storm that this vicinity huB experienced in years passed over here yesterday. At Travel ers Rest, Ruth Watson, a seven years old girl, was killed by a fulling tree. Five SU-aiuers Swept Ashore. Norfolk, Feb. 22. Five steamers have been, swept ashore In the outer harbor In-the worst storm which has visited this coast in many years. The blow began last night and continued unabated today. ; No lot f of life has been reported. Government visit to Colombia would be "inoppor tune" owing to the fact thut Colom bia's claims in connection with Pana ma had not been arbitrated. The government's notification says Ospina Is "separated" from his post at Washington and that the Incident between Colombia and the United States is thus closed. Colombia Will continue to maintain her international policy, it is announced. FOR SHORTER H0UR3 Chicago, Fl. '22. Representatives of firemen employed on 51 railroads In the western United States and Can ada have decided to' take a vote on a demand for better working, conditions and shorter hours. Two months will be devoted to the vote, wUh 36,000 participating. They will first send representatives to meet here and count the ballots. Then railroad offi cials will be asked for a joint confer ence. MY CHOICE If I could Select the Man I Would Name Name , -. ( it . Address ,. Cut this ticket out and mall It lo The CazctlcNcws, or bund It In at tills office. If you do nut care to write jour immc on the ballot, you can write It In a registry nook provided nt the office. Results will be published from lime to lime uoil In no in - e i1! r name of the voter be given out unb-ss mi rciieMril. 'My Hat Is in the Ring," He .Tells Inquirer Who Wants to Know His Attitude. SAYS MONDAY WHETHER HE'LL GO AFTER IT Announcement Will Be in the Form of Press Commu' nication or an Open , :;- Letter. 1 Cleveland, O.,: Feb. 22. "My lint il ' In IIm ring." : - : This is what Theodore Roosevelt said here last night, when un admiring Cleveland friend sought' to learn whether he was a candidate for the republican nomination for the presi dency . . . During the brief stay of Colonel Roosevelt in Cleveland, W. F. Eirlck. well known locally In politics greeted, the former president whom he knows well. - "f want a direct answer, colonel,"- said Mr. Eirlck, "All your friends want to know, and want to know now whether you are to be a candidate." "My hat is In the ring." replied Col. Roosevelt. ' "You will have my an swer Monday." Statement Comes Monday. Atlanta, Feb. 22. A Hearst news special from Buffalo says: "Former President Theodore Roose velt will announce Monday next his willingness to accept the republican nomination for president. Col. Roose velt already has conferred with a number of his friends upon this sub ject and they know of his Intention und Wall Btreet knows of it. "This inside political news came from New York through a reliable channel. ; 1 ". . "Former,. Congressman Wllllarn. "S. fi'eVilieft. ti -eofe frt'etirt to-'Ce-lonel ' Roosevelt and one of his political ad mirers. Is responsible for the state ment. "Colonel Roosevelt will give out a written statement to the effect that he will run if called upon by his par ty's candidate. '.'This is the substance of Mr. Ben nett's quoted statement, Mr. Bennett placed the time at Sunday or Monday and said that the statement will come either in the form of a communication to the press or a letter to some per son." DEAF UIUIE KILLS 10 ti cons shoe Shoots Texas Woman and Her Daughter While They Sleep. Sour Lake, Tex., Feb. 22. John, Newman, a deaf mute, shot and killed Mrs. L. C. St, Louis, aged 35 years,, and her daughter, Elizabeth, 12 years of uge, and then killed himself yes terday. Newman hud been employed about the oil fields here for several years. He was considered a man of more than usual Intelligence and in dustry. Newman boarded with Mrs, St. I.oiiis, who also kept several other., young men boarders. ' The shooting -aroused others In the house and. when they went Into the room they found Mrs. St. Louis dead In bed in a posi tion Indicating that she had been shot while sleeping. The wound was through the head. The child was ly ing across the mother's body as If she had raised up and was shot In the forehead. Newman's body was lying on the floor and was shot through the head. Mexican Rebels Ioot Tialn. El Paso,, Tex., Feb. -22. A Mexican National train northbound was held up and robbed at Ahumada, about 50 miles south of Juarex yesterday. Ac cording to reports reaching officials In Juarez, native passengers were forced to leave the train and give up their valuables. The robbers claimed to be rebels. J. Elizando, private secretary to Gov. Gonzales of Chihuahua, was taken prisoner because he was believ ed to have Important papers. lie was robbed of $500 in diamonds. FOR PRESIDENT J C..-' hn.i 1 mi , , fu'ir.) i, tali si. iniiiiii; moderate. Mill bright and active. " . L On-
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