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I TH2 ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCBZS Tn LAST EDITION 4:OOP.M. T7thr Tortcwt: RAIJT AffD COLDER. VOL. XVII. NO. 34. ': ASHEVILLE, N. C.y WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1912. So PER COPY HOPE TO AVERT iFJoyd Aden Wounded, Jailed at Roanoke MB.LAFDLLETTE 1HE WIRY BELONG MINERS' STRIKE Anthficate Operators and Un ion Leaders Again to Con fer on the Pennsylvania Situation. TAFT MAY INTERFERE TO PREVENT WALKOUT Bills are Introduced in Con gress for Federal Investi gation of the Expected '," Controversy. New York, March 20. Hope of averting a cohI strike spratiK anew out nf tli(- embers of last week's failure, w hen the operators suddenly declared tlint they were ready to confer agalh with the miners, and the same senti ment was expressed by union leaders. . Ccorgc F. Bacr, president of Jthe Philadelphia and Reading railro id, whose nume hitherto has been almost synonymous with obduracy, and the principal spokesman of the capitalists, declared in Philadelphia that the op erators were willing to go Into confer ence once more with the miners. When the meeting, held here, ended In disagreement the gloomiest of for hodlngs were felt by all who were In touch with the situation. The declar ation of Mr. Puer came as 'a sheer surprise. He said that while It was not suggested by anybody when the recent conference closed that there should be another one, that the opera tors regarded themselves as being fall minded and were still disposed to set together with the representatives of the men for the purpose of seeing if un agreement could not be reached. Congress Acts on Strike Situation. . Washington, March 20. Prospect." of a coal strike stirred members of both houses of congress to action yes terday. Senator Townsend Introduced a bill to provide a federal investiga tion of uny controversy affecting In terstate commerce and Representative - Kwh TUipnnr d -n "tdiiiHAr nieTisure1 fiV lie house. Henator Townsend'g bill is similar to one lie Introduced when n member of the house several years ago. The possibilities of a coul strike are causing anxiety at the navy depart ment.. While the strike would affect the anthracite mines only. Indirectly that would be likely to Increase the cost of bituminous coul which would be used largely as n. substitute. Taft Watching Situation. Boston, March 30. President Taft Indicated last night before leaving lor Washington his Interest In the threat ened Hiit In ii Ito coal mine strike. The president wished to make It clear that he had nu Intentlun of interfering, but conferences arranged for the While Houko during the next few days showed his desire to become acquaint ed with the situation. One of The llrst or the president's callers will be John Mitchell, who probably will visit Washington March 22. 'Secretary of Commerce and I,abor Nugel and Commissioner of Labor Nelll will be present also. ' They have kept In close touch with the miners and operators and the president looks for a report on present conditions when he arrives In Washington. Several mine operators already have presented their side of the case to Mr. Taft. Although the president took PhIiis to show his unwillingness to In terfere at present, developments In the future may make him change his mind. TD PEKBQDY COLLEGE , ; Nnshvlllo, March 20. J. Pierpont .Morgan has given $100,000 tn the Peabody college for teachers. It was announced today. Morgan's gift Is part of a million dollars which will be raised for the Institution. FIVE KILLED,' 9 HURT WHEN BOMB EXPLODES Many Houses Wrwkeil in Portuguese Tragedy The Authorities Slake Two Arrests. Oporoto, Portugal, March 20. Five men were killed and nine wounded in a bomb explosion In Mlrngia. today. The explosion's roar was heard for nillea. Many houses wore destroyed and two arrests have been made. GETS SIX MONTHS - i Ellen PltflHd. KulTragette Who Tried j to Klre Ixmdon INwtotlli e, Is rM-ntetHTii. London, March 20. Ellen Pltfleld, ( the aurfragette who attempted to set tire to the general potHoffle Mnrch S by tin swing a bundle of papet aaiur ated with petroleum Into the building, w.ia sentenced to six months Imprison ment today. ' ( CofHn lu Automobile Accident. New York. March 20. Frank C. Collin, the-aviator, whs today hurled from an automobile In Central park, It crushed Into a bridge. Coffin was taken tun h'.-j.it.il. RIDGE ATTACKS MR.TflFT Points to Oil and Tobacco De cisions as Showing Futility of His "Trust Busting." SAYS ONLY ROOSEVELT ' CAN CONTROL BUSINESS Declares tin" Former President Only Man Able to Cie with Law less Wealth. Chicago, March '20. Former Sena tor Bcverldge in an address at the auditorium here last night '.declared the most pressing need of the country was a strong man at ys head, n man so strong th;.t he couiu control the great corporations and their makers. He said the Sherman law had failed in Its purpose because it was at war with natural law and that prosecu tions under the present administration hud been futile. The speaker also arraigned the leadership of President Tuft, saying in part: . "What the people, need at the head of their government is a strong man the very strongest man they can Mud. Great business concerns have the strongest men they can tind to care for their interests.' Why should not the people have the strongest man they can find to care for their Interests? This is n big country and it needs big business to serve It. but It ought not let big business rulo It, "ft is the nature nf power to want ever more power. That is why strong men in business, if unrestrtiined, hon estly come to think that they are above the government. And that is why we need at the head of our guv erHmeM"''a"m(n"H alrong that he can make these other strong men under stand that they are lint above but un der the government. The only man who ever has done that since modern business began to absorb the strong est minds and most daring hearts of j the nation Is Theodore Roosevelt. "He made the strongest men . in American business, and that' means the strongest men In all the world, understand that greater than their mighty power is the people's power, lie taught them that the laws of the republic, are for tho great as well as the lowly; for the strong as well us the weak: and that over all alike, whether for punishment or the crim inal or protection of the innocent. Is the sword of the nation's Justice. He brought them lo their knees before the government which, until then, they had' Ignored or used as their in strument. - Growth of Big Business. "When ou,r civil war ended we Americans began a period of Indus trial expansion such us the world never knew. At that time the prac tice, the theory and the law of busi ness was that every man's business was nobody's business but their own. Thus grew up a condition so hurtful to the people's welfare and so de structive of human rights that our congress was driven to correct r it. Therefore, congress harked Jiack to ancient times and enacted a law for the American people of today which had been passed by the British, par liament' for the English people 300 years, ago. This law has made nrnsl of the uncertainty which ""today Is hatting American business and tlUinx with fear every honest business man In the land. Yet thut law stopped no wrong of organized capital whose very existence that law was meant to destroy. "The chief and Just complaint of the people la the high cost of living. The chief artificial cause for tills U an overcapitalised tariff and overcapital ized trusts. Yet the Sherman law wss not meant to prevent overcapitalir.a linn hut to tirevent trusts. But trusts jure nothing but large organizations lof capital engaged in Industry; and this Is the natural result of natural forces which no law could atop. So the Sherman law, after a trial of nearly a quarter of a century, has failed In ita purpose because it is an urtltlcial law at, war with natural law, Kvlls of Water-til Stock. "Billions of dollars of watered stwk has been Issued and sold by railroad and Industrial corporations , and other forms of active capital.. To pay Inter est on the bonds and dividends on the stock of this ocean of fictitious paper prices have been charged that have made the necessaries of lite almost beyond the reach of the common peo ule. On the other hand, out of this wicked condition have sprung mush room millionaires wnn ruigiuy lor tunes gotten overnight. "During all this time our govern merit has done nothing except to en force the Rherman law;yand even It was most tenderly applied until Theodore Roosevelt became president He brought more suits against Hhe trusts under the Sherman law than al other administrations put together, Hut these trusts fought these suits and so the biggest of them came ti en end during Mr. Taft's adnilnlstrH Hon. And how have they lieen end ed? . . OH ami T'ihi Decisions. "Mr. Taft npp'dnted a New York corimrallon lawyer aa; attorney gen .oral, How have these suits against (Continued on page 4) m r i lit ;,. 4-;l'' ' w i n ; 1 I , - FlOVD LLEN , tYiiyc ON COT IN CEktC C Suk m,t MMtLMDM UNbMMO rt Herein is shown the liiv:t picture taken of ' Flnyif Allen, the Virginia oulbiw. as he lay wounded on a cot In the Hillsville .tail alter his capture following the tragedy Hn the Carroll county court house, where In his band murdered Judge MaRSic, together with the prosecuting attorney and sheriff, JiikL as Judge Massle hiid iiionouiiceil seiitcuco on Allen for lawlessness. Detectives puldwin and Fell., who are leading the posses in the case after Al len's gang, are shown heavily armed, guarding their priamicr. CAUWiliGUNG imRAGll PLOT 111 ENDS LIFE Mrs. Blanche Carson Uzh Herself frojn Window of Gotham Hotel.' . ew York. March 20 Mrs, P.lanche 'arson of San Francisco, who was ar rested hero for smuggling several liotisiind dollars worth of jewelry on ir arrival from abroad, committed Milcidc today by hanging herself to a wlmhnV bt . her hotel. The woman s ody was seen by a pedestrian dang ling from the ledge of un eighth floor window of the Hotel ISroxtell. The 'ope had been fastened to a radiator. The woman confessed to smuggling icwels viilueil at JJ."i.0OU. During her xaniilition yesterday slit" broke down and told how he brought a large nmonnl of jewelry into tho Fnitcl States concealed in her lint and, else where. She was tiO years old. , 0IS1IESS BROWS ACUTE Strikers Suffering Privations Thousands of Children Cared for By Charity. . U.ti'lon. March 20. Distress is lite throughout the whole Industrial tistrlct of the United Kingdom Re alise of the national coul siriue wlik h threw one million miners aiin one-half million other worker tu'U of mnloyineiit. Women, children and the workers themselves are suffering xtreme poverty In many places. Thousands of tnildren In many cen ters are being fed from charity funds. PURSUING ROBBERS osse on Trull of Men Who llchl up .Mobile olid Ohio Trains. Corinth. Miss., March 2. Sheriff Mcl'ctera and a posse of Alcorn coun ty men today began me pursun oi uvr or more robbers of a Mobile & Ohio northbound train. The train was neui un and the express safe dynamiteu iMid robbed, seven miles south of Co rinth early last night by men heavily n rnied and masked. After hccohi plisblng the robbery the robUirs took to the dense underbrush of tho 1 us eiimhla 'river bottoms. ' Hloodhounds were telegraphed for. MesHciicrr Will -Not Tell How. Much, St. 1Oiiis, Mo March 20. Mobile Ohio train No. 4. which whs robbed near Corinth, has arrived here. Fx press Messenger Snoridy would not say how much money tho bnndlts ob tained. Passengers quoted Snoddy as saying $00,000 was In the safe. The express car sure whs wrecked by a nltro glycerine blast. MRS. GRACE GOES EAST Itrk'nswl on $7,500 lloml. She l;cnves to look Artcr Hit Philadelphia Property lnl-rests. Atlanta, Mrtrch 20. Mrs. Daisy Ople fjrace, who was released on 91, 500 bond last night, left for Philadel phia. The trip In connection with plans to protect her. Interests In her estate. - .' i hiuLS Vlt-Lt. va., 'JAIL COARDED TSAoXlWiN AMD T l FElTA TO SLAY MR. KNOX Government Probably Will Ex ecute Conspirators, Includ- .Jng Promin .New Drleans, .March 20. Because of the alleged discovery by the Nica ragua n government of a plot to as sassinate Secretary of Stale Knox on bis recent visit there U is nut Im probable a nuiubur of prominent "lib erals" will be put to death, according lo-advices received from Dluellelils to day. Thirteen dynamite bombs were placed beneath the road bed over which the Knox special train traveled from Coriulo to Managua, anil con ticclcd with an electric baltcry, wi re discovered hv government agents and lie used as evidence against lb conspirators. Two score Zelayistas or "liberals" me confined in I lie peniten tiary at Managua held Incoiiimiinicadi pending termination of .the present in vestigation. The botnhswilh battery connect ions were discovered plante beneath the railroad tracks. The (lis covery was made after the Knox spe chll train passed on the way to the capital. The failure of the conspira tors to do their deadly work is believ ed due to either lack of proper battery onnections or to the approach of the guards detailed to patrol the tracks. taken 10 ran Memorial Services will be Held and Interment Made Saturday. Washington, March h. Tho scout cruiser itiriiiingham, bearing the re covered remains of tho -victims of the battleship Maine, arrived In the navy yards here today. The caskets will be kept at the navy yard until Saturday, when they will he taken to tho state, war and navy building and memorial services, attended by President Taft and other officials, will lie held, after which Interment will be made ut Ar lington cemetery. Congress will adjourn for tho cere monies. EIGHTY-FIVE MAY HAVE LOST LIVES. Fort Smith, Ark., Mareli 20 -'A telephone report says the San Hois Coal eompnny'8 mine nt MeCurtain, Okla.. was blown up by ifases, and is afire FiKhty-five men, it is believed, lost their lives. - Fort Hmllh, March 20. Reports to the mining company's headipiarters Indicate a heavy loss of life. MccMllstcr, Okla., March SO. Mine Inspector P.urgess, with rescue parties, has left f'r MeCurtain. Nine killed by tias Explosion. Kcrsntnn, Pa., March 20. Nine per sons were killed today as a result of a gas explosion from mine settings, The dead are foreigners. br DETLCTivEfe AGAINST RECALL The President 13 Given a Warm Welcome in New England. Boston, March 20. "All that the administration wants is a square deal," said President Taft. speaking yesterday trom the steps of the Con cord, N. II., siatehouse, near the clnse ol his two days' New England visit During his stay in Boston and in New Hampshire the president spoke to 20 audiences, stating definitely his attitude mi the tariff, his reasons for opposing tho recall of judges, and ju dicial decisions and his continued hope of ultimate arbitration.' Some of his most emphatic remarks on "progressive" measures were de livcred from the portico of the gran ile siute capital with iov. Bass, one of Itnoscielt's ardent supporters as I respectful listener. The people of southern New llamp shire seemed eager to see and hear the president. Itailroad square in NusbuiL was well Idled with mill hands of many nationalities. After leaving Manchester he passed through two lines half a mile long of school child run, waving Hags. The president gave a concise out line of his idea of the adoption of the principle of the recall of judges and of decisions. "Adopt such measures," he said "and you will have a government of special Instances. You would have constitution that is to be applied at one time and not applied at another. That, my friends, is nothing but government of special Instances that has not the uniformity of law and constitution, and is the mosi. tyran nlcal form of government we can have. . "This question of a change In the Judiciary of this country means that i we may recall Judges that we do not like, if they happen to decide against us, or It they happun to decide question one way we may submit It to popular election to decide wheth cr the court decided right or not. am In favor nf the people, but I don' think the people are charged with the knowledge of the law as the Supreme ourt of New Jersey or as the Supreme court of the t'nited States. I believe in popular government, but I believe in popular government ordered by constitution and by law. You give up an Independent Ju dietary and you might as well give up your constitution. I know enough about the coinmonsense of the Amer lean people to know that they will never give up the constitution and they are hot going to be honeyfugled nut of It by being told that they are tit to interpret nice questions of con Mtitutinnal law Just as well or better than most judges, The American people are a great people because thev can stand having the truth told to them about themselves with out getting mad about It and with out turning on the man who tells the truth."1 Taft 8to In New York. New York, March 20. President Taft stopped In New York this morn Ing on his return trip to Washington After breakfasting on his private car, the president was driven to the real donee of his In-other, Henry W. Taft, Shortly after 10 o'clock he left for Washington. One Killed In Boiler Explosion. Roanoke, March 20. A Norfolk Western locomotive exidoded here to day, killing the engineer and Injuring two other men. . . . TAFT AGAIN WARNS GETS II. DAKOTA Returns to Date Give Him Lead of 13,000 Votes Over Col. Theodore Roosevelt. TAFT DOESN'T FIGURE IN PRIMARY CONTEST Few Votes Are Cast for Presi-1 dent T. R.'s Mana gers Admit His Defeat. Washington, March SO. Senator Dixon, Col, KooKevelt's manager, com menting upon the .North Dakota pri mary, said the result was a severe blow for Tuft. Fargo, N. p.,' March 20. With re turns receivd last night, Senator m- Follette has a lead of over Theodore Roosevelt In the lirst presidential pre ference primary election yesterday. Uoosevelt carried only one of. the eastern tier of counties. Frank Talcott, chairman of the re publican state committee! and John F. liuss. manager or me Koosevclt cam,- paign in tins state, notified Senator I Jose.pn M. Dixon at Washington late nisi nigimnat in incur opinion senator LiFollette had carried the primaries, Neither made a prediction as to roiieties plurality, but conceded tnutlonn of the Aliens Paimim.n n.,:.i.. Colonel Koosevclt had been defeated. This decision was reached by the Uoosevelt managers after nearly com plete returns had been received from of the 4H counties in the state. (ioing over the figures from these IS ounties, the Roosevelt men conceded n of them to LiaFollette outright, listed two others as about even, and laimed six counties for their canili late. With these llgures as a basis, it was derided that there were not iiough Uoosevelt votes on the western .slope Ui. lmia.n tlie bvavy poll for UiFollette in the eastern portion of the state. Kven in some portions of the cow country LaFollette rah even or better. with tirand Forks, Valley City, Devil's jike, Minot and others of the larger Itles listed for LaFollette by the. re' turns' it seemed that the Wisconsin senator's plurality would be large. IDI TUX MEASURE PISSES HOUSE 251 TD Fate of the Bill in the Senate Is Considered Problem atical. Washington, March 20. The demo- ratic excise bill to virtually tux every hodv's Income when it Is SuOOQ or more a year passed the house yester day 250 to 40, The democrats voted solidly for It and carried eighty republican votes with them. Forty regular republicans were the oppisltion, The bill now goes to the senate. where Its fate is a guess. Many sena tors declared that If upon analysis they found the house measure would tax all classes of people alike they would sunuort It. Democratic sena tors with a few exceptions are ex pected to vote for it. Democratic lender Martin expressed the hope that the democratic senators and the pro gressive republican might but the bill through. Republican leaders are depending upon the president's veto tojhave h(ten gpreHj over the roads and check revenue revision bills from thel(ne c.ro8B roHdB HI)d by.wayg have house. The excise bill, though jM'imarlly in- tended to produce anywhere from $50,000,000 to B0.000,000 a year to make up for the losses on free sugar. is also expected to be one of the orr sets to general pension1 legislation which seems to be enacted Democratic leader Underwood held his majority Intact through the pas sage of the bill. Not one democratic vote was cast against It, and the meas ure was passed exactly as framed. FxploKlon Follows Collision, Chester. N. Y.. March 20. Switch ing in .the lhigh Valley yards at Manchester a light engine collided with a string of cars containing oils and chemicals. There were several explosions. Conductor Bert Mcllvane was burned fatally and several cara were destroyed. , ist oaoioa tor president If I could Select the Mm I Wold Kmm - ... :Sf ' Nsme.. .,. ,,,,,y n . Adflrena Out this tleke oat and mall ft to The Gaaetu-Newa, or hand It In at this office. II yoa do not care to wrlto your name on the ballot, yon can wrlw It In registry book provided t the otTkT. Uomilta will be published from time to time ami in no ease will the name of the yoter be glrra oat anles so rMinested. TOMENBSND At Least, That Is Theory on Which t Police Arrested a Man on Freight Train, at ; Biltraore Today. SAYS HE IS G00DS0N, AND LIVES AT CANTON He Is Roughly Dressed and Looks Like a Mountain Man, and Appears Not at AH Dangerous. . Is the Allen band, that murdered the court officials at Hillsville, Vs., a few days ago beginning to disluter- gate and the members seeking safety by flight to other places than the mountain fastnesses where the posses are seeking them? If the man who was arrested by the local noiice nt Biltmore about noon today while be was "beating a freight," proves to be one of the Aliens, then it would look as though the report that they were leaving the mountains is correct. This morning Chief of Police I.verlv receiv- ed a message from the trainmen on freight train No. 73 that a man had boarded the train at Barber Junction 1a-land it was thouirlit that he micht be port and Jones were sent to meet the train and they took the man in custo dy, and he was locked up in the city Jail pending Investigations. This ap pears to be all the proof that the of ficers had that the man is one of the Aliens, but anyhow he could be ar rested for riding the train. The young man appears to he a lit tle over 20 years of Hge, Is rather tall and spare, slightly stooped and Is, or looks to be, a typical mountaineer. He says that his mime is Oliver Goodson, that his home Is In Canton and tht hf-was-going thete'when nmsrtni). " He said he had been at Reidsville and had not been at Canton for two years. He stated that his mother lives at Can ton. When asked If he had anyone there who could Identify him, he said he thought there might be; that he' had some relatives there but "they are not any good." ';' He is roughly dressed and had on two coats and overalls. He certainly does not look very dangerous. When told that he would have to be locked up for a while he made no objec tion. Believe Aliens Are located. Hillsville, Va., March 20. Mes sengers from the posses guard ing the roads In the mountains have reported the courthouse assassins at a ....!.. I... , I..a n,tl.. fxim rinvil Allen's home. Every available man In Hillsville has hurried up into the hills in the hopes of surrounding them before they get away. Just after dusk fell last night a man riding a grey horse covered with foam rode into town and had a hurried talk with Detective Felts, head of the pos se. Not even tne men wno nan oeen In the saddle all day were spared from the call and the party galloped off on what was an all night ride. The chase of the Allen outlaws who shot up the Carroll county courthouse Inst Thursday and now have flv deaths to their score for thut sortie has settled down to a siege. All that the posses know is that the gang probably is up in the chest nut ridge. Travelers coming down from Fancy Gap said the Aliens had deserted their stand at Squirrel Spur and plunged into the still thicker country over toward the Patrick county line. That is more of a wilder ness than their previous stand. At some places the boundary lines have never been located. It now looks like an attempt to starve, out tl,e assassins. The possea I i,on well covered. Hv this method tm,y m)pe to out off food supplies and probably medical attention Detective Dan Baldwin was starting off last night from Roanoke for Mount Airy on the Carolina line, hop ing; to work down through the Ararat river country to meet the Hillsville posse working up. over Volunteer dap. The area Is a howling wilder ness of swamp and bush. Allen's Proia-rty Attached. Jack Allen, one of the lirolhera who did not take part in the court house assassination came Into town yesterday to consult a lawyer about the attachment or Sldna's Htid Flnyd'a property. Allen galloped up to the courthouse and created a furore. The '.own's folks thought he was heading another raid. He said that hie brothers probably had shot In self-defense and would (Continued en page four.)
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