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ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1912.
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SCOTT 1CHES Alkged Threat to Hold Hostage
COL.ROOSEVELT
IS CONFIDENT
THE SOUTH POLE American Citizens Investiaated
VP
Rumor Is Confirmed That Brit
ish Explorer Has Arrived
at Point Farthest
South.
UNSUCCESSFUL RIVAL
SENDS LONDON NEWS
Dogs, . Ponies and Motor
Sledges Used in Dash Over
the Antarctic Ice
Fields.
Wellington, New Zealand, March
7. ('uptiiln lton.lt! Aniundson, the
Norwegian explorer, tmliiy states that
I'liptnln Scott, (lie British explorer,
had reachHl the South poll). .
London, March J. A message with
n detinlte statement from Amundsen
thnt Scott hns reached the south pule
was received from Wellington by the
Daily .F.xprcss today.
Amundsen nnd Scott nre close per
sonal friends. They met Just before
they started on the race for the South
pole and when they parted wished
each oilier success. Amundsen relied
dogs, ponies and motor sledges.
Scott's party comprised 60 men. He
participated In a former expedition to
wards the South Pole.
Mrs. Scott ilin British explorer's
wife has not received any direct news
of her husband's reported success.
She said she was unable to Imagine
how Amundsen would know, declaring,
"1 hope the news Is true, but ut pres
ent I do not dare believe it."
II la stated ou good authority that
Captain Rnnltl Amundsen, the Nor
wegian explorer, did not reach the
south pole.
Washington, March 7. Rear Ad
miral Robert K. Peary, the arctic ex
plorer nnd north pole discoverer, said
today thut Jie. wns Kind to hear Scott I
was flie lirsf man to succeed" itf reach-'
ing the South Pole. Peary said he
might say more when he heard delnili
of the expedition. -
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T
DPPOSINEJFREE SUGAR
Charges the 'Democrats Are
Trying to Crush Sugar
Beet Industry.
Washington,! March 7. Proposing
to rename the democratic free sugar
bill "an act to surrender revenue, de
stroy competition and create monop
oly," ahe republicans of the ways and
means committee of the house yester
day submitted a minority report on
the Underwood bill which will be the
next of the tariff bills to be consid
ered by the house.
. The report was submitted b' Repre
sentative' Fordney, of Michigan. It
charges that there la a union between
Hi sugar trust anef'tha democratic
party and that the free sugar measure
Is designed to catch the votes of the
consumer and will In time, deliver the
commonly known as the sugar trust."
The report reviews In the main the
dissenting views of the republican
members of the Hardwlck sugar trust
investigating committee. It Rives
credit to the beet sugar Industry for
holding down the price of sugar dur-
Iiir the advance of last year and pre
dicts that such a safeguard would he
destroyed 1f the beet sugar men were
driven out of business. '
The report asserts that the Under
wood free sugar bill Is "the boldest
attempt In the history of our republic
to surrender an Important and grow
ing Industry to foreign Importers" and
that It la "against the domestic sugar
producers and solely In the Interest
of the refiners of Imported raw sugar,
commonly known as the sugar, com
monly known as the sugar trust."
The report asserts that the sugar
beet growing Industry would be killed
If the best rellnerles were forced to
suspend by tariff legislation. Tnere
nro 112.000 farmers ensased In grow
ing sugar beets, the report declures
and It comments that "the democratic
party says to these farmers, we pro
pose to make you pay for this reduc
tion In" the tariff on sugar."
Predicting dire days for the sugar
consumer, the report says:
"Not In the palmiest days of the
(rust, when Mr. Havemeyer ruled Us
fortunes with a rod of Iron and an
amfiltlon bounded only by the confines
. .f . .1 , A . 1. A ... ....1 .... . On.
gar Refining company ever monop
olize Much a portion of the sugar con
sumed In the United States as this
bill would deliver Into Its keeping."
ROB P0STOFFICE
Burglar Dynamite Safe III Building at
Iloht.kcn and Olttnln About
I.OIIO.
Hoboken, Pai, March 7. Rurglars
lnat ; night dynamited the post office
safe' hero and escaped with $l()(H .In
slumps and rash. The olllco wsh
Wreck ;.r.
ROOSEVELT MEET
MUCH
DISCUSSED
Large Attendance Is Expected
at Greensboro Gathering
Tomorrow.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Daily News Huilding,
Greensboro. Marc h 7.
The workhouse as the 'proper place
for women violators of the law was
again brought to the forefront In
Greensboro yesterday. When Airs. An
nie Malcolm, an alleged shop-lifter of
some experience and ability, was con
victed charged with- "picking up" and
converting to her own use a number
of valuable articles from a prominent
ladies' furnishing establishment here
nnd sentenced to four months. The
.Malcolm woman was convicted nlong
with Mary Collins, who gave her res
idence as Roanoke nnd said that this
was her first experience in a crooked
life nnd her first stay .away from
home. She escaped with a line.
The supporters, of Col. Roosevelt In
North Carolina are expected to begin
arriving from different sections of the
state for the pro-Roosevelt meeting
called by Richmond Pearson of Ashe
ville for tomorrow at 10 o'clock to
talk over the situntlon In the state and,
formerly organize in nit effort to win
delegates to the national convention
for--the former president. The meet
ing Is attracting no little Interest here
abouts nnd It is probable that the at
tendance will be large. The Roosevelt
sentiment has grown in this Piedmont
section" npace and while the Taft sup
porters don't seem to he alarmed the
Roosevelt sympathizers are becoming
more and more enthusiastic and see
an almost solid If not4n fact, a. solid
delegation to Chicago for Col. Roose
velt from the North state.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Vennble, Mr,
nnd Mrs. Leon J. Rrandt and Mrs. Le
ila Lipscomb left yesterday for Chalk
IrfHet.-Va.. 4 'attend the"ftineTal or IT,
X; H. Wooding, whose death occurred
at his home at thnt pla late Tues
da ynight. Dr. Woodingf was the
father of Mrs. Ve.nable, Mrs. Rrandt
and Mrs. Lipscomb and was 79 years
of age. His death tame as a shock to
his daughters, who were not Informed
that he was 111.
Heavy Fall of Snow.
Moderated temperature ' yesterday
had little effect on the record fall of
snow Tuesday nlght'und Wednesday
morning and the strets are still cover
ed while gutters are banked to a
depth of several Inches. The snow
fall shortly before 2 o clock yesterday
morning was the heaviest that has
perhaps been noted In this section or
many years. Are lights were almost
obscured and at that time It looked
as though there might be two or three
feet of snow. The heavy full ceasea
ns nulckly as It began, however, and
while the flakes continued to nitter
down all during the morning hours lit
tle was added to that already on the
ground. Navigation by man and
beast was made difficult while street
car schedules were badly Interfered
with and -all trains on the main line
were operated on delayed schedules.
Offices Consolidated.,
The board of county commissioners
of Guilford created a new office for
Guilford this week when Willis
Booth, for several years serving In
the office of the register of deeds,
was made clerk to the new county
nuditor and suDerintendent of roads.
When the resignation of County An
dltor Abbott was recently ascepted the
commissioners consolidated the offices
of road superintendent nnd auditor
and selected J. A. Davidson to 1111 the
place. The SHlary of the clerk has
been fixed at $75 per month. Ry the
consolidation of the nudllorshlp and
the roud superintendent and the ap
pointment of a clerk the county re
tains the same number of officers, imi
effects a saving or $300 per annum.
Tracing Robes' Parentage.
The police of Greensboro have stif'
flclent Information relative to the two
children deserted In Durhnm Satur
dav night to state that they know
the mothers of the Infants and tha
they also have very strong evidence
as to who are tho fathers of the babes,
The children were .born In Oreensbo
ro in January and the local author!
ties have been greatly aided In trnc
ing the parentage of the children de
terted by the records of vital stntls
tlca kept In the offlre of the commls
sloner of public safety.
Tho nuthorl
tit's expect to shortly be In position to
give the nnmes of the mothers an
likewise the fathers. The Infants were
left on the doorsteps of Mr.' fcrwln
and Mr. Powe In Durhnm Baturdu
night.,
Reconstruction Sheriff Dead.
Timothy F. I.ee, reconstruction sher
iff of Wake county from 1868 to 1872
died today at Qulncy. III.. He came
here with Sherman's nrmy as rnptatn
of a Massachusetts company. He wn
a jolly Irishman and popular with th
people. While sheriff he got Into fi
nanclnl difficulties.
First Train Wrecked; One Dead
Cleveland, March 7. One trainman
was killed , and a passenger was In
lured when the Twentieth Century
limited leaped from the track In Cel
Mnworth yards today. The train
westbound, was running kite to mnk
op lost time; . Five Pnllnmna were de
railed. A broken wheel caused the nc
Mont.
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.' 'f5" IV-" - CHIHUAHUA
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GENERAL
Mexican Minister Characterizes
ment of Madero Government Official Gen. Orozco Says
,. He Has Reached an Understanding with Vasquista3.
.Waahiitgtofi. March ' ' 7. Cienor.nl
PiiKi'itnl firoxco has announced that
le will 'leave Chihuahua for Mexico
City with an army of live thousand
men. He intimates he has arrived at
in understanding with General Saln-
.ar and thnt the entire asouisia
irmy as well u his own men will be
indcr his command. His Intention,
he said, is to upsets rresident Madero.
md he will never stop ngniing unui
he has done it.
General Orozco repudiates the idea
that he hlmxelf is ft candidate for the
presidency. He says that alter Presl-
lent Madero Is unseated he will leave
It to the people to name his successor.
All classes of people in Chihuahua are
with General nrox.cn, and a million
dollars hns been pledged by mor-
himts, ranchmen, miners and work
ing people to nuance me nun comm.
President Taft canvassed the Mexi
can situation closely ycsicroay wmi
the Mexican ambassador, Senor Mar
tinez V Crespo.
The chief .subject discussed was a
more rigid eniorcement 01 neuiniinj
Tells of the
of His Everglades Report
Washington, March 7. C. G. El
lott, former chief drainage engineer
In the department of agriculture and
who wns' dismissed by Secretary Wil
son, today told the Moss investigating
committee his story of the supresslori
of the department's report on the
Florida everglades. Klliolt told the
committee that the everglades circular
Indicating doubt or the value ol ever
glades land Was prepared and after
ward suppressed. He e.ild that In
T. R.' GRINS AND TALKS
OF MR. PERKINS VISIT
Says He'll See Aiiylsidv from Morgan
Himself, lo MoNuninni Any
Old Time.
Mlneola, March 7. CiV Roosevelt,
reaching here for Jury service today,
wns asked about Oenrge W. Perkins'
visit at Sagamore Hill last night..
"Why." the colonel said, grinning.
"I'd see Rockefeller, Morgun, Perkins
nnd Jim Hill all together If they want
ed to see me; I'd see tjoinpeis. Mitch
ell, Horns, the detective, nnd Me
Kiinmra, If he was pardoned out of
Jail. I'll K-e anybody ut any time."
I This Is Roosevelt third day as a
Juror. He has not actually st in any
case. '
MISSIONARIES WARNED
Miss
toe of Xorlll Carolina Thought
lo lie In IVril In
Mexico.
Nashville, March 7. Presbyterian
missionaries stationed at Victoria.
Mexico, have been warned by S. H.
Chester, secretary of the Southern
Presbyterian Mission board to aban
don their station for one of the ad
Jolnjng ones. Tbiy are lr. J. O. Shel
by,, of Memphis, Mrs. Shelby of Vir
ginia und Miss I,eo of North Carolina.
SALAZR.
as "Incredible" Report State
laws nlong the border. The ambas
sador predicted u gradual return of
normal conditions.
What measures are being planned
by tlie Mexican government for the
pacilicatlon of the country have not
made known here officially, but a well
authenticated report was that several
ciililnct changes soon would be made
by 1'resi'dcnt Mudero- to appease dis
contented elements.
The Mexicnn ambassador would not
discuss the cabinet chungis, declaring
simply he hoped for ." restoration of
pence in a short time. -What was most
important he declared was strict en
forcement of n 'litiality laws and for
that reason he expressed himself as
pleased that more I'nited States troops
were going to Texas.
i The ambassador characterized as
"Incredible" the report that Manuel
I nlero, minister of foreign affairs, had
said Mexico would hold Americans ns
hostages in case of American Interven
tion. The American' ambassador nt
Mexico City, wns instructed by the
state department to ascertain the au
thenticity of the report.
Suppression
February, 1910, he was culled Into di
rector True's office to meet Thomas
II. Will and K. C Howe, two land tig
ents who protested against the circu
lar. Howe, Klliott said, denounced It
as "false and misleading" and said it
was costing him $20,000 dally. Howe
and Will said they would go "higher"
to suppress It. The circular was not
sent out until February 11,. Klliott tes
tified when he got orders from Secre
tary Wilson' -office to ipilt using it as
a reply to Inquiries. ,
I DISCUSS FOOD LAW
AND ANTI-TRUST ACT
John Hays Hammond and lr. Harvey
V. Wiley l lgure In t lvlo I'ed
eralloii Meeting.
Washington, March 7. National
Civic, federation members today t dis
cussed the tentative draft of a bill
supplementing the Sherman anti-trust
act, proposed by the federation's de
partment of corporations. ,
Tli operation and expansion of the
national pure food law was discussed
under John Hays Hammond's leader
ship.. lr. Harvey W. Wiley wns one
ALABAMA REPUBLICANS
TO DECLARE FOR TAFT
lilrmlngham, March 7. The Ala
bapia state republican convention
opened this morning.' It Is predicted
President Taft will be Indorsed for
renoniinutlon and, Alabama'! dele
gates Instructed to unconditionally
support him.
$7.1,000 Fire In Chicago.
Chicago, March 7. Fire todav de
stroyed the Illinois Woolen and Cot
ton Manufacturing company's . mills
here. The flames spread vto nearby
tenements, routing out 32 famUle.
The damage la estimated at $7M0Q.
This Darky Has
Ball-Proof Head
V)p::iidonl mid Dusky Kenlncklan
. Swears Off from Suicide Attempts
When lltillot (.lain cs.
Horse Cave. Ky, March 7. After
throe unsuccessful attempts to commit
suicide by shooting himself through
the head today Richard Juries, a 20
years old nero, gave up In disgust.
"I wanted to know what it would
feel like in another world," he said.
In this mood the negro placed a
revolver to his forehead and pulled
(ho trigger. The ball tore his scalp
"ft-iiiT Blilnoed t.irtiVB Sktrtl; t -"
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Percy Announces He Will Mnke Slule
nient Friday Arbitration Treaties
lo u Vole Today.
Washington, March 7. The senate
debate on the British and French ar
bitration treaties was resumed today.
A vote will be taken at 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon.
Senator Percy announced that he
would make a statement to the senate
Friday responding to the Mississippi
legislature's demand that he resign.
Toe democrats members of the tin-
inee en niniittee today decided to stand
bv the house steel tariff revision bill
before seeking the support if progres
sive renublicans.
The house resumed discussion ol
the agriculture appropriation nui.
Rev. (Hark Carter, city missionary,
told the rules committee inai me gen
eral impression was that the sending
of children: from Ijnwrence, Mass.
was to excite sympathy.
ASKS CASE DISMISSED
Iiercnse In Packers Trial Begin Ar
giimciit lo Have lvrendnnts
Freed of Charges.
Chlciiiro. March 7. Attorneys for
the defense In the puckers trial today
hesnn a determined buttle to obtain
the llbertv of their wealthy clients.
utnrncv Miller asked Carpenter to
take the case from the Jury and dlS'
harge the ten packers on the ground
hit the irovernment had failed to
nrove the charges.
The Jury was excused during the
irgnmenl.
DISPERSE STRIKERS
Police Charge tiathering of Several
Hundred, Arretiir Both Men
nnd Women.
Ijawreiiee, Mass., March 7. The
police this morning charged ypon sev
eral hundred strikers who were at
tempting to enter South Lawrence.
The leaders .were arrested, Including
both men and women.
The strikers disbanded after the
police reserves were called.
Kienkcr Clark 2 Years Old.
Washington, March 7. Speaker
Champ Clark Is celebrating his sixty
second birthday anniversary today.
When the house convened, an un
usually large number of members
were present and the speaker was
greeted with applause. The people
of Washington have been Invited to
attend tonight's mass meeting and
reception In the speaker' honor.
Xew York For Taft Kays Woodruff,
Washington, March 7. Timothy L.
Woodruff of New York wns last night
a guest at the White House.- Wood
ruff predicted that Taft would get
more than 80 of New York's 80 dele
gates to the republican convention.
Old Warrior Die Rending Bible,
Lexington, Ky., March 7. Major
Robert S. Bullock, one of Morgan's
raiders, who wns captured with his
chief In Ohio during th civil war,
died while sitting nt hi J home reading
a lllblo today. Bullock was 84 years
old. . '
COAL PRICES UP;
STRIKE IS FEftfiED
Railroads' Supply Short as
Date for Anthracite Strug
gle Draws Near.
New York, March 7. Fears of a
strike of 180,000 anthracite coal mln
;crs on April l have caused a general
i rush on the part of consumers for coal
to carry them over the strike period.
The sudden demand Is widespread and
many dealers have Increased the price.
It Is reported the railroads' supply
ia fanning short.
ONE KILLED, 2 WOUNDED
A STREET GUN FIGHT
Fort Worth Man Attacks One
He Claimed Caused Di
; vorce, Is Slain.
Fort Worth, Tex., March 7. Muu
ice Dull, a cotton brokerage clerk.
was killed on a crowded thoroughfare
today In a fight with Oscar Meyer, a
railroad auditor. Rail recently was
divorced and charged that Meyer was
responsible for his domestic trouble.
Rail followed his accusation with a
blow in Meyer's face. The shooting
followed. Meyer was arrested and
released on bond.
During the shooting, Obe Thompson
ind J. S. Phillips, bystanders, were
wounded.
Ji.
FOR METHODIST TEMPLE!
Actual Construction of South
ern Church Building at
Washington Begins Soon.
Washington, March 7. Plans for
the temple of Southern Methodism it
Is proposed to erect here were dis
cussed today by the building commit
tee now In session. Rev. George S.
Sexton of Dallas, Tex., the secretary.
announced that 9250,000 of the fund
had already been raised. Actuul con
struction of the temple begins when
another $25,000 Is subscribed. Bishop
W. A. Candler is chairman of the
committee. Other members are Bish
ops K. E. Hoss and John Kilgo and
Rev. Dr. W. F. Murray.
MORE GLASS BROKEN
Bystanders Aid Police in Subduing the
Militant London Suffragettes In
Latest Crusade.
London, March 7. The suffragettes
resumed their window smashing cru-
sude early this morning. A number
of suffragettes assembled in the West
Knd, attacking plate glass windows
with hammers concealed beneath
their cloaks. Passers-by seized many
suffragettes, holding them until tho
police arrived. Six were arrested.
DISTRESS IN BRITAIN
Milliliter of Men Thrown Out of Work
by Greut Goal Strike In
creases Hourly.
London, March 7. While prospects
of a settlement of the coal strike ap
pear brighter, conditions in the other
industries are becoming worse hourly.
The number of workmen discharged
Is increasing everywhere. In some In
stances great distress prevails among
the laboring classes.
Tlilrteen Injured In Wreck.
Tlfton, (ia., March 7 Twelve per
sons were Injured, five seriously, when
Ceorgla, Southern and Florida pus
sentrer train No. 1. southbound, was
wrecked IS miles north of here yes.
terdav afternoon. The engine ran
head-on Into an embankment pinion
inir Rnirineer c. Tt. Muldowney under.
the wreckage. All the cars of thejnrrived within the past day or so from
train except the Pullman left the
tracks. The wreck Is said to have
been caused by recent heavy rains.
MY CH0ICZ FOR PRESIDENT -
If I could Beta the Mm I Won Id Name
Name... ... -
AddreM.... ...
.
Cut this ticket ont and mall It to The GasetteNewt, or hand It In at
till office. If yon do not rare to write your name on the ballot, J on
ran writ It In a registry book pro Mod at the office.
Reaulta will be published from lima to time and In no rase will the
name of the voter be gtren oat m dew o requested.
Believes That He Will Be Norn
inated by the Chicago Con
vention and !
Elected. h
FOR FREE EXPRESSION
OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Attempts to Smother Public
Sentiment Annoy Him More
Than Opposition in High
Places. i
Cnzctte-N'ews Bureau,
W'yatt Building,
f
Washington. March 7.
A. Hlldebrund of The Qazetle
tind the Ureensboro . Unllv
V.
NeWM
News returned here las! nigpt from "'
.New tork. These independent nauers
have lent encouragement to the pro
gressive cause, favoring Governor i
Wilson on the one hand and Colonel
Rooaevelt on the other. Mr. Hilde-
brand wont to Sagamore Hill Tuesday
night us the guet of Colonel Hoose-
yelt. The Congressional Limited, on
nun-!, mv. miueoruuu muue tne trip
to New York, lost time, with the re-
suit thut the Long Island train had
departed before his arrival. His en- ,
gagement with Colonel Roosevelt be
ing of a delinite character, it was '
necessary for him to take a more or
less wild 40-mile ride through the
country in an open touring car. U
was a cold ride, and when he reached
Sagamore Hill, he found that the col
onel had built a tine log fire with wood
which he had chopped during the aft
ernoon with a customary zest and de
light.
Roosevelt Believe He'll Win.
Mr. Hildebrand says that Colonel
Roosevelt, whose spirits are normally
high, never felt better in his life. Col
onel Roosevelt believes he Is going to
be nominated and, moreover, that In
this pleasing eventuality, he ia going
tu be elected. Colonel Koosevelt, said
Air. riuoeuranu. 19 nor now r caitui- .
date In the sense that he wishes hhi
friends to promote Bentlment favoring
him by devices familiar to professlon-
il politicians, but thut he certainly is
candidate in the sense that he Is
watching developments with a stead
ily increasing interest.
Mr. Hildebrand says that Colonel
Roosevelt is not the least bit con
cerned, even when he encounters the
opposition of men in high places like
Secretary Stimson and other cabinet
officers, but that It does gall the colo
nel, so to speak, when he observes
the union between state, city and fed
eral patronage forces to smother the
known sentiments of the republican
masses and when he hears how the
Tuft leaders are opposing with a
spect to a presidential preference prl- .
rnnry in any of the states.
: Hunk and File for Roosevelt.
There is not the least doubt, Mr.
Ililbedrund said, that the rank and
ile of the party .is wishing Colonel
Roosevelt well, Colonel Roosevelt is
receiving hundreds of letters daily
giving this assurance. Some days it
is impossible for Colonel Roosevelt to
give personal attention to more than
one out of 60 letters that come ad
dressed to him at the Outlook office.
But he is devoting to North Carolina
and some of the other southern states
all the attention his limited time will
permit. He hopes, despite all the
pressure that may be brought to bear
by the federal authorities, that th.
repuuiicuna Ul 1U11II .aiuiina uiiu in
i X . V. rnHnn. .1 .
the two or three other southern states
where there Is a real party, will be
permitted this year to give expression
to their known sentiments, especially
In those sections where the Koosevelt
sentiment is known of all men to be
preponderant.
Colonel Roosevelt believes that defi
nitely and highly organized political
machines, permitted to attend to all
party affairs, are storing up trouble
for themselves, as the colonel Is
strongly Inclined to the opinion thai
their party representation will at no
distant day be curtailed in those states
which are frequently classified as the
rotten buroughs.
Tar Heel Vote for Roosevelt.
Mr. Hildebrand atJertained that
Colonel Roosevelt has received scores
of letters from North Carolina repub
licans expressing the utmost confi
dence that he will receive the vote of
the entire delegation from the state
tit Chicago, and thnt 14 of these vote
nre already assured. Friends of Colo
nel Roosevelt are Immensely pleased
over the result of the primary In Ok
lahoma, where the Roosevelt people
made It a sort of three to one event
and some especially good news has
, Pennsylvania. Ohio. Texas and Illinois,
The following change In North
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