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TEXAS PASTOR
Advance of Vasquistas on Mexico City Begins'
fll.
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J. J. J- ; ,
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4-.V.S.
Perjury Charge Climaxes "sen
sational Course of Rev. J.
Frank Norris, Baptist and
Prohibitionist.
FIRES, DEATH THREATS,
FEATURE HIS CAREER
Grand Jury Says Saloon Fight
er Wrote Himself Menacing
Letters Which Aroused
Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, March 2. A few hours
After Rev, J. Frank Norrla, pastor of
the First Baptist church was Indicted
on a perjury charge, his home was
burned lust night. It was the myste
rious scdiiel to a niytorlouslchain of
events in which the -saloon-lighting
minister has figured. .
A startling development Is the ac
cusation Hint Norris wrote letters to
himself ill which he whs threatened
with (lentil If he (lid not leave town.
Morris attracted intention first by his
campaigns for the enforcement of the
prohibition luw. Then Norris declared
an attempt was made to assassinate
him. This was followed by the de
struction of tho First Baptist church
by lire. Norris traveled with a body
guard. The grand jury declares Nbrt
lis himself wrote the warning letters
he exhibited.
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A BOARD OF TRADE
The Officers Montreat Associ
ation to Build 45 Addition-
-w.- fti JiOOJUS.. 10 .U.OUU. -.-...:,
Special to The Gazette-News.
lilack Mountain, March 2. The di
rectors of the Montreat association
have decided to build 45 additional
rooms to the Alba hotel.
Negotiations ure afoot whereby
"lilack Mountain hopes to secure con
nection with the Montreat water sys
tem. It. Page Burwell of Washington,
president of the Virginia Life Insur
ance association, Is here for a few
days' stay, visiting Mrs. Burwell and
their new baby.
, Organization of the Black Moun
tain board of trade was effected Fri
day night, with the following officers:
President, R. L. Woodard; first vice
president. Dr. C. E, Cotton: second
vice president, V. 1 Jackson; secretary-treasurer,
Ouy H. Dobbin The
directors seloeted are Dr. Cotton, Mr.
Jackson, W. C. Hall, J. D. Ecklcs. Dr.
B. F. Landls, C. C. Boone, George W.
Stepp, J. W. McCoy and T. A. Brown.
To Determine Slayer's Canity.
Roanoke, Vu.. March 2. An unex
pected turn was taken yesterday in
the case of Joshua P. Raines, on trial
nt Sulem, Va., charged with the mur
der on Jifnuary 24, last, of Miss Eva
Chambere, n school teachor. After
spending some time In consultation
with various persons connected with
the caso. Judge Moffet announced that
Dr. Drewry, superintendent of the
slate asylum at Petersburg, and Dr.
King, superintendent of the state asy
lum at Marlon, one summoned by the
defense and one by tho prosecution,
had been called Into the case to hear
evidence and pass oh Raines' sanity.
The court dismissed the jury.
TRADE PARALYZED;
HOSTS OF
Business at Standstill in Great Ports of the United Kingdom
and Iron and Tin Plate Works are Closing
Rapidly.
lxndon, March 2.- The great ports,
of the United Kingdom, particularly!
those In Wales, fiom which coal Is
shipped to every part of the world,
and the centers of the Iron and steel
Industries, were the tirst to feel the
effect of the strike of over a million
' coal miners In England, Scotland and
Wales. ' .
Many Iron works In various districts
were closed toduy. At Swansea and
elsewhere the docks are practically at
a standstill. No vessels are arriving
and dockers and workmen have been
thrown out of employment. Great
crowds of these men gathered In the
sireets. No disturbances have oc
curred anywhere thus far. Railroad
and street car service tn many cities
"has been curtailed. Only two small
non-union mines In the entire country
are stltl at work, one In North Wales
the other In Berwick,
The tin plate works of Wules are
losing down rapidly because of the
icitl ' uicilj. Hix hundred mills will
'J TO COURT
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Residence of Chinese Empres
Dowager's Father Looted
and Set Afire.
Peking, March 2. Jinny mission
aries have Ik-cii assailed by mutineers
In Punting Fii. It Is thought probably
only one or two.liuvc liccil killed. It
is believed they u;v, Roman Culli-
OlU'S.
The foreign ministers today decided
to bring to Peking nil the available
foreign troops in (lie udjacent ports;
lotto troops hcliur due here tomor
row, i
A strong detachment or United
Slute troops Is ordered here from
Tieiilsiii.
Peking, March 2. Serious recru
tfescenese of disorder ,' occurred this
morning. A detachment of artillery
marched to the palace of Duke Kuei
llsiaug, tho empress dowager's father,
and shelled down a gale. Soldiers
looted much properly, burning a por
tion of tho place.
Desultory shooting by the mutineers
continued throughout lust night. The
electric lights throughout the city
were extinguished during the night
anil the streets were deserted.
General IA Yuan Hung, commander
of tho republican troops nt Nanking
who is Interfering effectively with
the Nanking government's orders,
has telegraphed the republican dele
gates In Peking not to Insist on Yuan
Shi Kal proceeding to Nanking. Yuun
Shi Kal has telegraphed the officials
at Pao-TIng Fu, situated 70 miles
southwest of Peking, to arrest or kill
all the mutineers who went there by
train from Peking.
Mutiny at Panting,
London, March 2. May civilians
were killed and the soldiers looted
many stores when 'the. soldiers . of
Poatlng Fu mutinied last night, ac
cording to Tientsin advices.
AMERICANS WARNED
Iresideiit Tuft t'rgcs I'nlttMl States
Citizens to Kcrp out of
Mrxh'u.
Washington, March '2. At a cabinet
conference at the White House today,
It was deemed expedient that Presi
dent Taft issue a proclamation urging
citizens of the United States to comoly
strictly with the neutrality laws of ths
United States in all matters affecting
Mexico. In effect .the proclamation
Is a warning to Americans to stay out
of Mexico at this time.
A note will be sent Ambassador
Wilson at the City of Mexico directing ,
him to Inform Americans located In
Mexico to watch conditions closely
and If the situation grows alarming
to quit the country.
NOT-GUILTY VERDICT
INSTRUCTIONS ASKED
lroseenlloii Hi-sts In Packers Case
Xexl Week and Defense Will
Argue Motion.
Chicago, March 2. The prosecution
announced today that it would rest
in the puckers trial next week. When
the government rests tho defense will
make a motion to have the judge di
rect the Jury to return a verdict of not
guilty. Arguments on, the motion
probably w41l tako a week.
Taft Harvey's Dinner Guest.
Washington, March 2. President
Taft left nt 12:30 o'clock this after
noon for New York where tonight he
will be the ggest of. Colonel George
Harvey at a dinner given in honor of
William Dean Howols, the author. The
president returns to Washington early
Sunday.
MEN IDLE
be Idle within n few days, and 40,000
men will bn thrown nut of employ
ment. Food prices are rising every
where. Premier Asipilth yesterday Invited
the minors' executive Ncommlttee to
meet the coal owners, but the men
declined, saying they had nothing to
discuss. They had, they said, placed
their schedule of minimum rates on
the table and that they would main
tain that position until otherwise In
structed by the mlnersA
. The miners' delegates are now re
turning to their respective districts
and will submit the whole position -In
the coal dispute to their constituents
at week-end meetings and ask instruc
tions from them how they are to deal
with the new proposal of the govern
ment. Even should the men approve
of the submission of , Urn minimum
rates of wages to discussion as pro
posed by the government, the strike
could not be arrested, under week
and probably It .would Inst another
fortnight.
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SOLDIERS
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IL' i. 1 $ i ! ... I ; 1
Government Railroad Offers
Use of Lines for Forward
Movement.
. Kl Paso, March 2. t'ludad JuareK
will be the provisional capital of the
VasqulHla revolutionary" government
upon the nrrival of Hrintr don Kmelio
Vawpicz Gomez, who Is to be. pro-
ilniifiC
IS PUT THROUGH
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About $20,000 in Property
Changes Hands in Three
Handed Transactions.
A three-cornered deul was consum
mated in the city yesterday In which
about 120,000 worth-of property and
merchandise changed hands. The fol
lowing prdperty and merchandise was
JHl4l-.Wiirda4 .. Mac Kaya ftcd
Cross pharmacy to T. B. Allison: the
II. C. Allen property on Montford
uvenue, owned by S. A. Lynch, to D.
.McN. MacKay; T. B. Allison property
on South French Broad avenue to S.
A. Lynch; and MacKay property, cor
ner Hillside and Liberty streets, to S.
A. Lynch.
This was one of the largest dealp
that has been pulled oft In Ashevllle
lor some time and was brought about
through the efforts of S. A. Lynch and
J. W. Wolfe for the Canaday Realty
company. It was another one of the
big transactions that these two gen
Hemen bring about almost every week
' " at estate circles or me cuy,
and although the amount ot property
involved Is large It will not cause, very
much surprise for almost any sort of
a deal may be expected from them.
These two men keep the real estate
business In this city at a white heat
and have been doing so for some
time. In spite of the fact that this sea
son of tho year Is usually very dull.
They recognize the business advan
tages bffered by Ashorlile and are not
slow to take hold of anything that
seems sound.
GOV. BASS" ASSOCIATES
LEAVEHIM FDR MR.TAFT
Thirty-Eight Leaders Refuse to
- Follow Him Into the
Roosevelt Fold.
Concord, N. H., March 2. Thirty-
eight leading associates of Governor
Bass in the campaign of the pro-
gresHlve republicans that resulled in
an overturn In tho politics of this
Ktntn last year huve deckled not to
follow the governor Into the Roose
velt movement, rney nave organizeu i
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llieilineives llliu H imginwim lirn nn-
soclutlon.
INSURANCE AUTOPSY
BRINGS DAMAGE SUIT
Louisville, Ky March 2. Claiming
that the body of htr brother was "mu
tilated, vandalized and robbed" Miss
Carrie M. Owens hus sued an accident
insurance compa.iy for 25,000. The
brother, who died In Los Angeles, held
a policy in the company and an au
topsy was performed. The body was
shipped to Glennan, Ky.. and after It
had been buried Miss Owens claims,
the heart, lungs and other organs ar
rived In a box.
MIMMS PLEADS GUILTY
Son of South Carolina Judge, Denied
Hell By Ills Father, Admits
Forgeries,
Chillcothe. Mo., March '2. Denied
help by his father,' a South Carolina
Circuit Judge, who wrote that It would
be best for him "to take his medicine
like a man," W. L. Minims, a youth
charged with passing forged checks,
threw himself tipon the mercy of the
court today and pleaded guilty. It Is
said Mhnms realluod about 2000 on
worthless paper, ,
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,THE CITY
cla lined provisional president at the
old custom bout', where General Diaz
met I'residont Taft; and where Gen
eral Muduro held ils lii st . levees as
provlKloiiul presldepl during , his revo
lution. , . . . -i
The envoys at'uMmiiu,iiot formulat
ed tenets of th Tasipilsta movement.
The thre niuln ponls of the political
prayer addressed to-the people of the
republic of Mcnh f- on-:
Tile proclaiming pOf Kmelio Vusqucz
Gomez as provlsiomil president pend-
MRS. WANKHURST
GETS TWO MONTHS
Two Other London Suffragette
tences as Result of Window : Smashing Campaign .
Which Caused a $25,000 Loss.
London, March Mrs, Emmaline
Pankhurst, Mrs. TuVes und Mrs. Mar
shall, leaders of last' night's window-
smashing campaign, by which the suf
fragettes terrorized tradesmen, were
sentenced each to to months impris
onment" thiB morning. They were
thee of 124 u arrested during
the demonstrat'ion arraigned In police
court, charged with causing wilful
damage to stores in Bond street, Fica
dilly. Regent street, Oxford street, the
Haymarket and the Strand and other
busy shopping districts.
The prosecuting attorneys announc
ed In court that the damage done by
suffragettes aggregated I25.O0O. The
prosecutor stated the time had arrived
when the consideration hitherto
shown the suffragettes could no longer
be allowed. The sentences of the
three leaders were greeted with ap
plause In the court room.
Mrs. Pankhurst declared, followed
her sentence, that she Intended go
.further when she emerged from pris
on and thut the suffragettes were pre
pared to go the limit to show the gov
ernment that women were going to se
cure t)ie.vote. Sentences of two weeks
to two months were pronounced on
many other suffragettes. Most of the
prisoners were committed for trial at
the London sessions. Thirty cases
were disposed of today, the remainder
being postponed.
Because the coal miners had been
nldo to gtiln government recognition of
their grievances by threatening the
business of the country, the suffraget
tes lute yesterday also entered upon a
policy of menace to trade. And they
carried it out suddenly and with an ar
dor that resulted In heavy financial
loss, brought consternation to mer
chants of the most prosperous shop
ping district of the city and paralyzed
business. The police were taken com
pletely unawares and before they wmre
able to muster their forces and re
strain the women streets were cover-
ud with shattered (date gloss from the
show windows of stores.
Hundreds of Windows Smashed.
It was a window breaking expedi
tion solely, and n thoroughly organ
ized one. Hundreds of windows In
many of the most famous shops rf
tnB worid an, n several government
'inceg on, cluln were wrecked by
tho suffrage! tea. The dainago will
gggregato many thousands of pounds.
i,llt i. nrirolv covered bv Insurance
against breakage.
Ono hundred and twenty-four 'wo
men were dragged to the police sta
tions by police or excited and Indig
nant morchants. Many others, how
ever, escaped. All those arrested
were released last evening on ball,
coupled with promise to refrain from
further window breaking.
Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst, the vet eran
of many a suffragette battle,
struck the first blow. In an automo
bile, accompanied by Mrs. Marshall
and Mrs. Turks, she drove up to the
premier's residence In Downing street
at d o'clock.
Stone Premier's Residence.
The three women leaped from the
machine and drew out stones con
cealed In their muffs. Four windows
crashed In before the police, who are
constantly on guard, could reach the
women. The trio "were arrested, but
while being led to the stntlon, man
aged to heave missiles through . the
windows of the colonial office.
Pandemonium broke out In the
shopping district at the same time.
The taxlcabs were the favorite vehi
cles of approach used by the suffra
gettes and large lumbers of Innocent
looking women were helped out of
them by store porters. Without hes-
ltatton the women fit once attacked
the show windows with bricks or
hammers. The surprise of the porters
was so great that a majority of the
window smashers were able to lose
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Or WEXICO
iiiK a legal and fair election through
out the republic, the distribution of
large estates among the poorer classes
according lo the agreement of Han
Luis 1'olosi, Vhlch General Madero
formulated, and the free advocation
of the masses in Mexico, a dream that
neil her President Diaz, President Ma
dero or any other leader has been uble
to realize.
Tlie march lo Mexico by way of
Chihuahua, Torrcon and the southern
cities begins today. An advance troop
Leaders Given Similar Sen
themselves In the crowds before the
guardians of the shops could collect
their senses and restrain them. The
women who did not use taxlcabs mere
ly walked along the streets cracking
or smashing windows with hammers,
while crowds followed cheering or
hooting. . '
The police were wholly unable to
tfml -wltrrKtit-rr-a olesaifr 'fd4
spread outbreak and at least nine-
tenths of the window attacking army
escaped. The air was filled with
sounds of police whistles, yelled the
slamming of blinds and shrieks of
"votes for women." Whenever a
window was shattered, there the
crowd surged, while the employes of
the shop rushed to the street to pre
vent the unprotected goods from be
ing stolen. ' Not even the establish
ments of the undertakers were spared.
So systematically and quickly was
the work accomplished that It was
well over before police reserves could
be called out. Hundreds of extra po
licemen are on duty protecting the
damaged building, while thousands of
sightseers tramp the street to view
the havoc wrought by the women.
T. 8. CHOPPING TREES
AND SJ1G HOW
Wants Two Weeks of Simple
Life, Preparatory to a Stir-
ing Campaign.
Oyster Bay, March 2 Col. Roosevelt
dropped politics today and rested pre
paratory to a hard campaign. He
spends tho next two weeks at home,
riding and chopping trees. Roosevelt
said no change hud occurred In the
political siliKi.tlon so faros he knew.
The siege of Sagamore Hill began
yesterduy, when Col. Roosevelt made
his first appearance in his home to'wn
since his declaration of willingness to
accept the presidential nomination.
A full fledged battalion of correspond
ents and telegraph operators came
down from New -York with the colo
nel, ready for the campaign from now
I until the republican national conven
tion meets.
For mouths the colonel has declined
to be Interviewed while at Bagamore
Hill, but yesterday he signalized his
entrance into the campaign by lifting
the embargo. He was perfectly will
Ingto talk but said that there was not
a thing to say Just now. The lmpres
slon gathered was that he was going
to do sonio plain talking before the
light ends.
Col. Roosevelt was pressed for an
explanation of opinion concerning the
statement given out by Senator Dixon
his campaign manager. In which Pres
ident Taf's administration waa criti
cised sharply. He said he had not
read the senator's statement and was
not qualified to express en opinion.
He had heard, however, that the coer
cion of federal office holders In the
south was charged and said that when
he waa president he had never used
his Influence with office holders for his
own advantage. . ' '
In fact that he had found It neces
sary to use his Influence to prevent
federal officeholders from working for
his nomination in 11)04 and 1908.
Bis; River Steamer Burned.
New Orleans, March 2.-rThe big
river steamer Bobolinks, with Its car
go, waa totally destroyed by fire near
' Haccourol landing today..
i
tram with Zapadarcs. with extra train
crews and civilian lu'idgc builders,
was sent out yesterday lo repair the
national line bridges between Juarez
and Chihuahua.
The National line, which is a gov
ernment roiul, has -offered the rebels
all the rolling slock, meltvo power and
train crews they will need in return
for Immunity from bridge, burning and
wrecking of trains, which proved so
disastrous to the two northern Mex
ico railroads during the other revolu
tion. -
SLA! BIN BOBBER
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Presidents Attack Five Bandits
Looting Royal Bank
Branch at Montreal.
Montreal. 1 March 2. One of live
robbers who broke into the branch of
the Royul bank this morning ut the
Montreal west junction of the Cana
dian Pacific was killed in a running
ilghtb. A'itinsTJiiesirienta got
the alarm before the gang obtained
any loot. Four robbers escaped
MORGAN ART TREASURES
ARE CLOSELY GUARDED
Customs Authorities Take Un
usual Precautions in Hand
ling Costly Collection.
New York, March 2. Unusual fire
cautions were taken by tho customs
authorities to guard the art treasures,
worth many millions of dollars, im
ported by J. P. Morgan from Euro
pean inuseurpB and galleries lo New
York, during their transit to tliei
final destination.
lndon dispatches state Morgan
places a value of twenty million dol
Uirs on his treasures, 'while Michael
Nathan the official assessor son
abroad by the treasury department to
Inspect the art objects believes fifty
million dollars is a closer estimato of
the art collection's value. The first
shipment already has arrived and an
other is on tho way and arrives In
few duys.
FOR ORIGINAL DEMAND
Officially Lawrence Dispute Is
No Nearer Settlement
' Hhan Ever.
Lawrence, Mass.. March 2. Despite
yesterday's announcement of Increased
wages In all but two of tho textile
mills, the strike of operatives official
ly was no nearer settlement today than
beforo the notices of increase were
posted. Tho strike leaders attitude
continued strongly in support of the
orlglnul demand, which greatly ex
ceeded the offer of the mill owners.
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.MY CHOICE TOR PRESIDENT
If I could Select the Mm I Would Name
J7amo.
Address,.'. .....
Cut this ticket out and mall It to Tlie GaxrtteNews. or hand It In at
this office. If yon do not care to write your name on the Iml.ot, you
can write It In mglstry book prodded at the office.
Result will be published from time to time and In no case will the
name of tlie Toter be glren out ilea so requested.
GftUSi HSft STIR
Stormiest Debate in Years I3
Expected on the House Dem
ocrats Income Tax
Plan.
FATE OF THE MEASURE
IN SENATE DOUBTFUL
Martin, Bacon and Overman
Favor It, However Pro
posed Free Listing of
- . Sugar.
Washington, March 2. House and
irjiuvia ui uii Biutues OI poiltl-
iKiliel gave themselves over today
discussion of the sensational action
the house democratic caucus last .
Ight In indorsing what is in effect an
coino tax on all net incomes, iuclud- .
ng salaries, above $5000. That the
ouse will liass thn mciisiiri. I,v n uur.
vole within the next ten duys or
two weeks was taken for grunted. Dis-
usslon, therefore, turned largely on
the reception the bill would get In the
pale. Us fate there seems doubt
ful Tho house leader's plans had not
loen wholly disclosed today, but It
-ju qmxiranl th'it a I. ill t.. -vtwl Hi.. '
xclse tax law now relating to cor
porations so as to include co-partner-
hips and individuals was to be urged
pon tho house together with a bill
to put sugar on the free list. The lat
ter bill will share in the debate on the
so-called Income tax, for It was to.
muke up a deficit of more than $50.
000,000 to be lost In customs revenue
n sugar that the new taxing measure
as devised.- Democratic leaders want
to be sure that the deficit will be pro-
ided for before the duty Is removed.
- Republicans Much Surprised.
The democrats' new plan took their
republican colleagues by. surprise and
many of them had not recovered suf
ficiently today to be willing to talk,
for publication everybody agreed thut
the debates in the house and senate
oh so radical a change In.tlie .method.. -
of raising government revenues would
be tho stormiest In recent years. The
onstitutionallty of the new plan. It
was said, would be attacked by some
republicans and senators, although
democratic leaders In the house claim
the measure has been so drawn as to
comply with the Supreme court deci
sion holding that a corporation tax
was not a tax on a franchise but on
the privilege of doing business. The
new bill holds that working for a sal
ary is just as much a manner of do-
ng business as investing money In an
enterprise.
The senate, it is said. In all proba-
ilHty party alignments will be broken.
Senator Smoot, member of the senate
finance committee, which will deal
with the bill, declared there was no
possibility of the measure passing the
senate. Senator. Martin of Virginia,
democratic leader of the senate, un-
unllflcdly declared for the bill framed
by his party in the house. Senator
Hacon of Georgia, one of the demo
cratic leaders, said that if the bill
passed tho house it would find "suf
ficient support In the senate."
I have always been in favor of an
income tux. mid Senator overman
of North Carolina. "I think it Is a '
Just tax."
The Cuueus Plan.
A bill to put sugar on the
free list. eliminating $53,000,000
in annual customs revenue and
another to extend the present cor
poration tax to include Individuals
and co-partnerships having a Income
of $5000 a year or over, were ratified
last night by tho democratic caucus
of tho house.
The excise tax. .bo called by the
ways and means committee, is hi ef
fect an income tax. The bill Is so
drawn that It Is expected to comply
with the supreme court's decision
against the constitutionality of un In
come tax. Its effect would be lo tax
every person who earns more than
$5000 a year, on the excess of $5000
at the rate of ono per cent.
The estimate of Chairman Under
wood and members of the ways and
means committee Is that the proposed
excise tax would bring In a revenue
of between $50,01)0,000 and $00,000.
000 a year.
Placing sugar on tho free list, tho
democratic, leaders estimate will re
duco the price of sugar to the con
sumer about a cent and a half ft
pound.
The secret that members of t!u
wuys und means committee had been
so closely guarding for several days
whs the provision to extend tho cor
poration tax.
In the caucus that bill wax not se
riously opposed.
Tho free sugar bills, however, was
(Continued on page 5.)