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lire Meirtlk fetfe fc. THE ASSOCIATED PRISI DISPATCEEI LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: GENERALLY FAIR. VOL. XVII., NO. 173. ASHEVILLE, N .0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS ORDEkZ TROOPS TO NICARAGUA The Tenth Infantry Is Ordered to Proceed at Once by President Taft. NO REPORT RECEIVED FROM GUNBOAT DENVER Vessel, However, Is Believed to Be at Corinto Wire Communication Inter fered With. Washington, Aug. 28. The war de partment today orders for the tenth United States infantry, now at Pan ama, to proceed Immediately to Nica ragua. The orders came direct from President Taft, himself, at Beverly. The men will embark tomorrow on merchant steamers, arriving at Cor into within 48 hours. Although the gunboat Denver ha? not reported its arrival at Corinto with American reinforcements, it is believed at the navy department that the little vessel is now in port there. It is believed failure to inform the de partment of its arrival Is due to the difficulties of communication. The state department has few dispatches bearing on the situation. Allegations that conditions in Nica ragua are bordering on barbarism and that acts even worse than those which took the troops of the United Powers into China to quell the boxer rebellion have been committed have been re ceived at the state department within the past 24 hours. Advices of condi tions are regarded as so serious as to Justlfj keeping them secret In Wash ington and caused the president from Beverly today to personally direct the Immediate movement of the tenth in fantry from Panama to Corinto. The latest reports made plain that the Im mediate protection of Americans was nef-essary and that It was probably unsafe to await the arrival of the marines enroute. WRECKED HIS DESK Speaker Clark Used Gavel Force ami Effect Not Since Reed's Time Willi Seen Washington, Aug. 28. Repair men who today examined the furniture of Ihe house discovered that Speaker riark during the last nine months liail used his gavel with such effect I hat practically the entire top of his desk was wrecked. One entire sec- linn was pounded away According to old members, no one slnrc Speaker Reed has employed the mallet with such freedom Flood in England. London, Aug. 28. That seven thou sand people have been driven from llieir homes at Norwich by the rise of the Wensum, following the rain which has been deluging the United Kingdom almost constantly since the beginning of the month. Is the esti mate. The water has risen In some parts of the city to 13 feet. Police in boats, provided with ladders, are constantly patrolling the flooded dis trict for rescue work. The authori ties Are doing their best to provide mattresses and fdod for the tomeless people. The refugees are temporarily being taken care of In the schools. President to Ohio. Bo.ton, Aug. 28. President Taft left here today to attend the centen nial celebration at Columbus, O, He was greeted by a cheering crowd when lie boarded his private car at the station. Asheville's Famous Watershed Menaced Timbering Operations Project ed on Three Sides If Brush Is Left on Ground Destruction of Timber of City's Tract Is Inevitable. According to well founded informa tion, the safety of the city's famous watershed, from which the boasted North Fork, water comes, is threatened with grave danger. This danger arises from the pro posed development of the timber prop erty surrounding the tract which the city owni aa watershed, and the danger is more than fancied; for if the Umber Is removed according to present methods and no doubt It will be un less the city fathers take atepa to have It done otherwise the brush whk'h la left on the ground will be a veritable fire Invlter. The city own 10,000 aerea of land In thla watershed, which reaches to top of the mountain; and II Is 'bi' kl and densely timbered. But on three sides of this tract there ar other tracts owned by large corpora loni. and It la said to be a fact that these corporations are now arranging in remove the timber right up to the line of the city property. If the tlm '"T Is removed by the unaolsntlflc thuds which prevail In this section. It Is supposed that the lap and branch! of the trees will be taft on WILSON WILL TALK ABOUTJHE TARIFF Effect of Policies of Parties on Former to Be Dis cussed. Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 28. The ap plication of the tariff policies of politi cal parties to the Nation's farming in dustry will be the chief topic Governor Wilson will discuss tomorrow in his speech before the Pennsylvania grang ers at Williams Grove. The governor today distributed advance copies of a portion of his speech, which he de lated to a stenographer. As he glanc ed over it the result did not satisfy him. "You'll see by reading this speech that I can't prepare one in advance," said the governor. "I've got to have an audience and the warmth that comes as I go along with my speech. I can't take a helpless stenographer and talk to him. It's like cruelty to animals." Representative G. E. Carter of Ok lahoma had an appointment with the governor and many members of the house are expected to drop in at Sea Girt during the day. POWERLESS TO ENFORCE N! LAW SAYS WILSON Governor Says Tells Anti Saloonists that Is for Local Officers. Trenton. Aug. 28. Governor Wil son came to the state capital yester day from Sea Girt and met a num ber of state officials. Official business was discussed. A number of well wishers also visited the governor at the state house. At noon Wilson met a delegation from the Anti-Saloon league of New York, who claimed that the liquor laws are not being enforced In that city. The governor listened, reading various exhibits citing alleged lm- proprlet'ta in Newark, after which he said: "It Ib with the deepest regret that I find myself powerless to act. The governor of New Jersey has not the power of removal of local officials The only power I have Is to enhance publicity In every way I can.' The governor promised to send copies of the petition and exhibits to the officials concerned and to call their attention to the alleged unlaw ful conditions. MAD DOGS BITE MANY Sixteen Persons, Mostly Children, are Now Taking Pasteur Treatment at Raleigh. Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Aug. 21. Sixteen persons, most of them children, are taking Pasteur treat ment here for hydrophobia. The lat est arrival Is a small colored girl from Wilson county, who was bitten six limes about the face by a rabid dog. Paul and IJda Stilley, small white children of Comfort, were bitten and scratched by a rabid cat. Since 1908 the laboratory has treat ed (169 cases and all have been suc cessful, so far as Is known. This year 160 cases have been treated. the ground: and If thla Is done It will be Impossible to keep the fire out. If Ore ever caught In the dead brush It would be Impossible to extinguish It. There la little doubt that the pend ing operations constitute the greatest menace to the Ashevllle watershed; and some of those who are Interested In the watershed (aa all no doubt are) and In conservation In general are wondering what the city fathers are going to do about It. It would seem that It would be ab solutely necessary for the city to pro vide for an extensive fire protection by rsmovlng the timber on the rldue and by arranging with the adjoining property owners that there shall be no lap or branches left on the ground; or by the enactment of lawa whereby the state would regulate the method of cutting. It has been suggested that owing to the present great value of timber, the time has now com when th State should pass laws requiring the property to clan up th brush from operations within on fourth of a mile of other timbered property, as is don In some other states. UD MIKES NEW PROTEST If Satisfactory Panama Agree ment Cannot be Reached She will Appeal to - The Hague. ANOTHER NOTE FILED OX DAlllon CiJM VUX London Ministry Promises Careful Consideration of Bill and Message Before Taking Action. Washington, Aug. 28. Great Brit ain reaffirmed its protest against the Panama canal bill in a note tiled to day by Mitchell Inncs, charge d'af faires of the British embassy, which stated that if a satisfactory agr.?- ment could not be reached Brita.n would appeal to The Hague tribunal tor arbitration. The note said Britain would give careful consideration to both the bill and the message the president sent congress relating to discrimination In favor of American coastwise shipping in the canal. BE Mr. Hitchcock's Plan He Thinks, Will Prevent In convenience to Public. Washington, Aug. 2. Plans were perfected by Postmaster General Hitchcock yesterday whereby the ad ministration of the new law prohibit ing the delivery of mall on Sunday will have no serious effect upon the handling of Important mail matter. Holders of lock boxes at first and second class postoffices will have ac- j cess to them as usual, although no mall deliveries will be made by car riers on the street or at postoffioe windows. Mall for hotel guests and newspapers will be delivered to them through their lock boxes by a simple arrangement of having that mall sorted on the railway mall cars be fore It reaches Its destination. Such mail will be regarded as "transmit matter" and will be distributed Im mediately upon its arrival at the offices of destination, thus practically Insuring a speedier delivery to the addresses than heretofore has been the case. This distribution will require a min imum of Sunday work and the distri bution of other mail received on Sun day will be made after midnight on Sunday so that It may be delivered by the carriers on their first tour on Monday. After all day conferences with the experts of his department Postmaster General Hitchcock last night issued a statement explanatory of his adminis tration of the new law. His assur ance is that there will ho no embar rassment to the business public and that, through the arrangements he outlines, urgent mall matter will reach Its destination promptly. Or ders necessary to carry Mr. Hitch cock's plans Into efTeet will be Issued Immediately. Hitchcock's Statement. The postmaster general's statement follows: I "There appears to be some misap prehension as regards the provision in the postal bill relating to the de livery of mall on Sundays. This pro vision does not require the closing of postoffices on Sundays, which would be quite Impossible owing to the fact that the transit mall haa to be aorted and also the mall collected In cities for dispatch to other destinations. To stop the movement of this mall would mean a serious clogging of the whole system of mail transportation and consequent Inconvenience to the pub lic. "At present moat of the mall re ceived on Sunday for delivery by carrier Monday morning Is worked aflar midnight on 8unday and there fore the law will not affect this mall. It will be delivered as promptly as hitherto. Mall received up to mid night on Saturday for lock boxes will be distributed to the boxes and will be available to box holders on Sunday aa usual. "There la at present no street de livery of mall by letter carrier on Sunday and therefore the law makes no changes in this regard. In short, the only mall that will be affected nn dr a reasonable construction of the new law Is that received at th post office on Hunday and hitherto aorted on that day for dlatrlbu'lon to lock boxea. To Hash i i-gont Mall. "Aa th purpoa of th law, which was clearly enacted In the Interest of employ, s. l to rduc aa far aa prac tlcabl the amount of Sunday labor, the work of distributing Sunday mall to loek boxes will h limited to cer tain claaaaa of mall that odnnot be held until Monday morning without (Continued on Pag Two.) SAYS URGENT MAIL WILL HANDLED FUCTIONS AGREED II Taft and Moose Men Will Run Separate Electoral Ticket and Unite on Others. ONE SIDE TO ENDORSE THE OTHER'S TICKET Leaders Said to Have Readied a Complete Understanding, as Hero Outlined. ft There hate boon developments indicate that a formal agreement has been reached by the leaders of the Taft and Roosevelt forces in this state, whereby the two factions of the republican party will present an un broken front Against the state and county democratic tickets in North Carolina. This will result in the holding of two conventions in Charlotte next month, when both factions of the nartv wili acre,' to simnort one set of gtate ami county tickets: In other words, one convention will put out a ticket and the other will indorse it. It is stated that those identified with the party leadership have amicably agreed to disagree on the electoral ticket, however. As a result of this the Taft people will put out a ticket, with the measurable withdrawal of the Moorehead edict of disfranchise ment; and all hands will do their ut most against the democrats in the state and counties. This done. It is confldenttly predic ted that the pTO)resslves Jand If he Roosevelt wing of the republican par ty will agree on one set of electors. The progressives claim startling ac cesions to their ranks in some of the eastern counties. SPECIAL TUX TEST USE BEFORE SUPREME COURT ... . Motion to Hear Wake Forest Issue Taken Under Advisement. Gazette-News Bureau. The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, Aug. 28 Nearly 500 farmers and 100 wom en are here riom all sections or the state to attend the atate farmers' con vention and Institute roundup. The sessions are being held at the A. & M. college where free lodging Is fur nished. The feature of the morning session was the description by Chas Parker, Jr., of Hertford county of the methods he employed In raising 235 bushels of corn on a single acre. Dr. D. H. Hill and MaJ. W. A. Graham welcomed the fanners. The business session wll be held tonight. The publication of the actual con dition of the Wake Water company's UPON PROGRAM plant caused a sensation here and the.9atlon matter continues a live Issue. The water is muddy, but recent analysis disclosed the fact that there is no danger to health. The case of the city against the company was sched uled to be "heard In police court yes terday afternoon, but was continued. The city can do nothing to relieve the situation before a month, the charter of the company providing for a notice of 30 days from the mayor. The Wake Forest special tax case, Involving. It Is believed, the legality of the special tax districts, In the state, may be set at the end of the first district appeals, a motion to this ef fect having been made yesterday be fore the 8upreme court. The court took the case under advisement.. Among the prominent lawyers here rae W. M. Bond, 'Edenton: H. S. Ward, Washington: B. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City; A. O. Gaylord, Plym outh; A. P. Godwin, Yatesvtlle; Ex Judge G. W. Ward, Elisabeth City; J. C. B. Ehringhaua. Elisabeth City. Bids will be open October 1 for the addition to the federal building here, the addition to make the build ing double In else. It Is proposed to spend about tl.010. The court room will be locatrd on the second floor Instead of the third, aa Is now the caae. A deep well haa been bored at Peace institute, the Presbyterian col lege here, the depth being 180 feet and the flow (to gallons an hour. I The well was cut through 120 fee of solid rock. GEORGIA CONVENTION Democrat Meet at Macon to Ratify PrimaiV Action 4. W. Harris lsi:iert..i Chairman. Macon, Gs , Aug. 28. The state convention to ratify the nomination of the governor and staUhouac officers no i here this morning and J. W. Har rla of Cadartowtt was elected perma nent chairman and A. Hardy Ulm of Atlanta permanent aeretary. Indication wro that J. J. Brown would be named commissioner of ag riculture and J. R. Pottle Judge of the appellate court, as th received plu ralities over their opponent. Judge Nash Broyles of Atlanta, who tied in the recant primary with Judge J H Pottle In th race for th Ap- i ei hi i , court, today wlthui . v in Pt- tle' favor. SHOULD EXPEL E Roosevelt Declares Erstwhile1 Pennsylvania Boss Is Con victed out of His Own Mouth. CITES POLICE GRAFT AS PARALLEL CASE Colonel Compares Penrose's Relatione to Archbold with Those of Law Officers and Gamblers. Oyster Bay, Aug., 2 8, Comparing testimony before the senate commit tee investigating campaign expendi tures with conditions disclosed by the investigation of police graft In New York, Colonel Roosevelt declared to day that Penrose on his own testi- mopy should be expelled from the senate. The colonel made the state ment after reading what purports to be an extract from Penrose's testi mony before the senate committee to the effect that he had advised Arch hold of the Standard Oil company to make a second contribution to the 1904 campaign lest the company en counter difficulties in certain quar ters. Roosevelt said that In his opinion this was an offer of protection from the government in return for a con tribution and that it did nit differ essentially from the sale of police protection In New York. He said the real fight in the coming campaign would be between himself and Wilson. FINOS NEW GRAFT IN SOCIAL till Some Houses in New York Pay Police $2000 a Month Each. New York, Aug. 28. Searching along the trail of police blackmail that led to the murder of Rosenthal, the state's attorney now reports a form of social evil from whl"h col ossal graft Is collected. This black mail, he says, was obtained from about a dozen houses in this city, each of which paid from $1500 to 12000 dollars monthly for police protection to Inspectors In whose districts the houses are located. Whitman has learned the houses paid high blackmail, not because of their great Income, but because pro tection Is essential to their existence. Lists of girls in these houses showed their ages from 15 to 18. The Inves tigation Is expected to produce a sen- WAYNESVILLE NEWS Many Tourists In Haywood Now Bumper Apple Crop Items of Personal Mention. Special to The Gazette-News. Waynesvllle, Aug. 28. M. F. Al bright has gone to Canton In the In terests of the Hunday school touring party. Thomas Underwood and family of Spartanburg are visiting Mr. Under wood's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Underwood. The members of the W. O. W. left Monday evening for the encampment at Hendersonvllle. Rev. George Wharton of Cruso was In Waynesvllle recently. Taylor Bynum of Wlnston-S.'iem is visiting his brother. James w. By num. Judge J. C. Prlchard. who was with the Sunday school touring party, made an excellent addreas on Sunday scnool work at the Baptist church Sunday. William Tate Is having a dwelling erected In North Waynesvllle. T. N. Massle of Cruso, who Is hav Ins two brb k stores erected on Depot street, was In town Tuesday. The Haywood Cooperage compan: has already turned out 10,000 appl barrels, and they are being ruahed to till the demand for barrels It Is lm uosslble to estimate the number of barrels It will take to care for the bumper apple crop of Haywood this year. The quality is excellent, con s'derlng such a large crop. Miss Eva Jane Garrett of Garrett farm, was a visitor here Tuesday. An unusually large crowd of vlsl tors has been here for August, and the number Is being augmented by the arrival of each passenger train. Mrs. William Queen of Manney Cove, who has been quite ill at her home, haa been taken to th real denee of her father, Lee Ferguson, on Fnes Creek. Bam Quen la teaching school at Turplns Chapel, for William Queen. Mexican Rebels Active. Washington, Aug., 21. The In creased activity of rebel bands on the Mexican border la creating a grave situation on the American aids of th line. The war department la prepar J in to land troop from t h-t Pacific dl- vision If required. PENIS BLEASE LEADS BY 1000 VOTES NEGRO MURDERER LANDED IN JAIL Collinsville Burglar Taken Af ter Long Chase, Says He's from Carolina. Chattanooga, Aug. 2 8 The negro burglar and murderer of Collinsville, Ala., who has been pursued by blood hounds and a posse since Sunday night, was landed in jail early today at Kort Payne and later spirited away to elude mob violence. The capture was made near Ches terfield by J. W. Gavin and his son. The negro was nearly dead from hun ger and exposure and had been wounded six imes. His right arm was almost severed. He gave his name as W. Wright and said he was from North Carolina, end was of Indian extraction. HQLTON LOSES CONTROL OF HIS HOME TOWNSHIP He and C. A. Reynolds are Badly Worsted by Roose velt Men. Winston-Salem. Aug. 28. The polit ical Gabriel has blown his horn In Broad bay township, this county, and there is quite an amount of confu sion as a result. Some declare that Taft republicans have resorted to Roosevelt's game and bolted the town ship primary in which the Roosevelt supporters were greatly in the ma jority. The Roosevelt sympathizers declare that they are not opposed so much to 'Taft as they are to the federal office holders residing In Broadbay town ship, United States District Attorney A. E. Holton, Postmaster C. A. Rey nolds and others. "The action taken by the Broadbay primary Saturday night is the ansv.er of Broadbay township to the resolu tion passed In Greensboro recently whereby no one can participate in re publican primaries or conventions un less they pledge themselves to vote for Taft. The republicans of Broad hay township do not propose to be browbeaten into voting for any man they don't want." The above is the expression of a Broadbay citizen who attended the primary. He went on to declare that the republicans of that township re fused to follow the leadership of "bosses" and that the action taken last Snturday night was the beginning of the elimination of bosses from the ranks of the republican party. It Is said that on the opening of the convention Postmaster Reynolds stated that it would be of no avail to elect delegates to the county conven tion which would send delegates to Charlotte favoring Roosevelt as they would not be seated. He then made a motion that the delegates to the county convention be elected one at a time and he placed the name of Dis trict Attorney Holton In nomination. The motion was not acted upon. S. A. Sides then made a motion that all the delegates be elected at one time and he read a list of proposed delegates In this manner In Broadway township. After the election of the delegates. District Attorney A. E. Holton made a motion to strike the name of C. F. Sapp from the list of delegates and that Postmaster Reynolds' name be substituted therefor. Mr. Holton ask ed Mr. Sapp who he was going to vote for president. Mr. Sapp replied that he was a re publican and that he resented being asked that question. Mr. Holton told him that he could not participate In the convention unless he supported Taft. In forceful language Mr. Sapp replied that he could. Some say that the Taft sympathisers then went to another side of the gar age In which the primary was held and elected a separate set of delegates to the republican county convention which meets here August 31. If this was done, a list of the delegates could not be carried Into the county conven tion next Saturday, there promises to be a hard-fought battle. The out come will be awaited with Interest. Wilson WHHmc to Submit Data. Sea Olrt, N. J., Aug., 28. "I am absolutely In favor of publicity and welcome a thorough Investigation of my campaign expenses. I have al ways held that position. I have al wayn approved of It and will wel come It aa a matter of course." In thla way Governor Woodrow Wilson last night outlined his attitude toward the resolution Introduced In the senate by Senator Penrose calling, among other things, for an Inquiry Into the pre-conventlon campaign of th Varlollf candidate Th governor was asked who hla principal backer wer In the pri mary campaign. "To tell th truth. I didn't know myself except In a general way who had charge of my campaign In the various stales.' replied the governor "I merely kept a general oversight over my campaign fund. Three time w had no fund at all." South Carolina Returns Slow in Coming in About 10, 000 Votes Yet to Be Canvassed. TILLMAN AND LAGARE RETURNED TO OFFICE Another Primary May Be Needed to Nominate At torney -General Carter Is Nominated. Columbia, Aug 28. (Bulletin.. i Figures of yesterday's primary can vassed shortly after noon showed Blease 57,107, Jones 56,751 and Dun can 1640. Columbia, Aug. 28. At noon the nomination of the governor of South Carolina in yesterday's democratic state primary apparently was still in doubt, although Governor Cole Blease is leading by less than 1000 votes. The official count may be necessary to determine the result. It is estimated at noon that 10,000 more votes are yet to be canvassed. One hundred and fifteen thousand so far have been counted. Blease is claiming the vic tory by a small majority, but Judge Jones has not conceded his election. On the face of the returns, John T. Duncan has polled sufficient votes to force a second race between Blease and Jones. The biggest vote in the history of the state was polled yes terday. Indications so far are that Attorney General Lyon will be forced to make a second race with Thomas H. Peeples. Lyon has a good lead over his op ponents. S. T. Carter was elected state treasurer over D. W. McLaurln. Congressman Legare, Brynes, John son, Aiken, Finely and Leuer all were re-eleced. Charleston, Aug. 28. Incomplete returns compiled at 10 o'clock from yesterday's democratic state primary show for governor: R4ease, ,349: Jones, 55,500; Duncan, 1604. Senator Tillman and Congressman LeGare have been re-elected. Lyon for attorney general and Car ter for state treasurer also have been returned. Columbia, Aug. 28. Incomplete re turns this morning, show: Blease, 56, 155; Jones, 55,748; Duncan, 1932. It is estimated that 25,000 more votes are to be heard from. It is certain that Tillman was re-elected to the senate. In the sixth congressional district, Representative Ellerbe apparently has been defeated for renominatlon by J. W. Ragsdale, who, according to in complete returns, had secured 1000 more votes than the incumbent In the second, third and fifth districts Representative Byrnes, Aiken and Flnley appear to have been renomi- na i ed. The following state officials seem assured of nomination: J. Frazer Lyon, attorney general; S. L. Carter. state treasurer; John G. Richards. Jr., railroad commissioner; C. A. Smith, lieutenant-governor. No opposition was encountered by W. W. Moore, adjutant-general; A. W. Jones, comptroller-general; E. J. Wat son, commissioner of agriculture, and J. W. Swearingen, superintendent of education. TO CAMPAIGN GDRRUPTIQN Will Discuss Contributions by Corporations at Bangor Tonight. Bangor, Aug 28. The campaign which Governor Marshall of Indiana is making In Maine on behalf of hi party's state ticket had Bangor for its objective today and at a rally ar ranged there for this evening. It was announced that the campaign contributions by corporations would be discussed by him. Marshall said he would not deal In personalities, but would criticise conditions permitting such gifts. NUN'S SCHOOL GARB Secretary of Interior Derides tjnes tlon Which Has Been Discussed for Years. Washington, Aug. II. The report of Mr. Either, aecratafy of the Inte rloi , to President Taft on tne question of the right of Catholic nuns In gov ernment I., llan achools to wear the garb of their orders la understaad to recommend that the teachers now In service shall be permitted to wear th garb, but that teachers hereafter ap pointed shall not do so. This report can not be confirmed her. Prealdent Tart will condd'. the question at Beverly. The question haa been a subject of controversy many years. Nine schools established by the Roman Cathollo church have becom government schools and the nuns serving aa teach er been brought Into th government civil service.
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