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VOL. XVII., NO. 298
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY, 25, 1913.
PRICE THREE CENTS
TILLMAN MAKES
WARM ANSWER
CAPITAL OF TURKEY SAYS WILSON
OPPOSES BILL
Criticises South Carolina Legis
lature in Reply to Demand
v for Proof of Corrwp- .
tion Charges.
STATE IN "SLOUGH OF
DESPOND," HE SAYS
Calls on General Assembly to
' Exhibit Its Temper by
"Purifying and Pro
tecting Primary." v
By Associated Frees.
Washington,' Jan. 25. In a " pre
pared statement today Senator Till
man replied to the resolution recently
adopted by the house of representa
tives of South Carolina, calling upon
him to produce evidence In Bupport'
of his charges of corruption in that
buily. He also made reference to the
assertion that he had "insulted" the
legislature.
The senator declared he had done
nothing except write a letter last Au
gust, before the state primaries, in an
swer to Governor Blease, In which he
charged that the general assembly had
been Influenced by the railroad attor
neys.' This, he asserts, was a mere
warning and could not be construed
as a reflection on any but the hold
over senators,
' "This Is not the first time I have
criticised the legislature about rail
road matters, nor Is it the first time
that state's senators have criticised
me for my titerances," he said.
"It Is not the first time that Sena
tor Tillman has 'Insulted' the legigla
ture nor will .it be the last If he lives
long enough and It keeps on doing as
It has done. The people of South Car
ollna will "retire any . man they have
selected for office when they come to!
belleve he la corrupt or corruptible.
At least that Is my belief-- ;
"I bars "boasted In my lectures In
the . north that there 'la not enough
money In Walt street to buy South
Carolina and I believed it to be true.
I etlll believe It to be true, but public
morals in the state have rapidly
grown bad in the last 10 years, and
I am coming to 'doubt whether my
bount could now be made and sus
tained. We will see the temper of the
general assembly by Its action In puri
fying and protecting the primary. It
has the opportunity to lift the state
out of the slough of despond and dis
grace In which It now wallows."
Senator Tillman said that he would
not make official reply to the resolu
tion unless It was adopted by the
senate. -..
CHARGES ARE PREFERRED
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Amateur Standing of Champ
ion Questioned in Papers
Filed with Sullivan.
Ity 4 Rotated P"ti.
New Turk, Jan. 26. Charges ques
tioning the amateur standing of
James Thorpe, the Indian athlete and
all-round Olympic champion, were
filed yesterday afternoon with James
E. Bulllvun, secretary of the Ama
teur Athletic .union.
The charges are important because
If ' sustained they would destroy
Thorpe's eligibility as an amateur
when he won the Pentathlon and De
cathlon contests In the Olympic
games at Stockholm last summer and
also would depose him- as the Ameri
can all-round champion, a title he
won here upon his return from Swe
den. -. .
The charges are based on the reput
ed statement of Charles C. A. Clancy,
manager of the Winston-Salem base
ball team of the Carolina association.
Clancy la quoted as stating that the
Indian pitched and played first base
for the Winston-Salem club In 1910.
Thorpe's Baseball Record.
Raleigh, N C, . Jan. 26. James
Thorpe, Carlisle's star half-back. It Is
said, signed with the Rocky Mount
club In the- Eastern Carolina league,
now disbanded. In the summer of
,1109. ' It Is understood he played from
the .middle of June until the end of
the season as pitcher and outfielder.
His connection with the league has
been frequently mentioned In North
Carolina newspapers In connection
with the reports of his- phenomenal
success in the Olymplo games.
C'lunny Denies) Alleged Interview. ,
Carlisle, Pa,. Jan. 25. Glenn War
ner, coach of the Carlisle Indian
mum. Hum a. t-iancy, niaiiBxrr h
the Win-iton-Salem basehsll team. In
whirl! Mr. Clnney denies making thfJ
statements attributed to him In . h
Worcester, Mass., newepnper and en
close a clipping from a Boston paper
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In uhli h hi uiHlies a compete nV?iln
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RICH MAN KILLS
SELF
C P. Long of - Jacksonville
Slays Wilmington Girl
During Dispute.
By Associated Press.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 25. C P.
Long, a wealthy wholesale liquor mer
chant, this morning shot three times
and killed Miss Susan Dickson, a beau
tiful young woman of 23, from Wil
mington, Del., In his office and then kil
led himself. . Tney had just toasted
each other in a glass of champagne
when a dispute arose and Long whip
ped out a revolver and fired four
shots, three hitting the woman, the
fourth entering his head. Both died
instantly.
The two had visited a road house
last night, it is said and had had
much wine. . ,
-TIPPING BILL
PISSES THE HOUSE
Giving or Receiving Tips May
Be Punishable to Fine and
Imprisonment.
Special to Tin GawKe-JTeioi . ,
Raleigh, Jan. 25. Senator ' Stubbs
Introduced In the senate an employers
liability bill "for all corporations, ap-
playing the act of Congress relative to
common "carriers liability, 'It was
put on Immediate passage with no op
position ana Bent to the house.
Senator Council's bill to prevent tne
multiplicity of Indictments below the
grade of felony was passed, -.
Senator Jones took occasion to say
the state should not go Into increas
ed expenditures until It 'knows Its rev
enue. Ho criticised the custom of
auditors warrants being issued to
state Institutions when money was not
in the treasury, these warrants being
discounted at the bank. - , . ,-
The senate referred the Joint resol
ution from the hnuee asking for the
paasago of the Webb-Kenyon liquor
bill by congress to the committee on
federal relations.
In the bouse Brawley Introduced a
bill 'to prohibit the origination 'of
cheap Sunday excursions by railroads
In North Carolina,
The senate bill passed yesterday
limiting the borrowing by building and
loan associations to 60 Instead of 25
per cent of the assets went to the
house committee on corporations.
Among the bills passel on final
mailing were those which consolidated
Winston and Sulem and authorized the
construction of tho Watauga railroad
through Watauga and Ashe counties as
nart of Carolina-Virginia road
Stewart's bill to make It a misde
meanor punishable by $50 fine and 30
days Imprisonment to give, receive or
be any way party to tipping In hotels.
cafes, other public places paused sec
ond reading.
' Duullcate bills 1 have been Intro
duced In the senate . and house
for . six months ' minimum rural
schools, through a 9250,000 state ap
Dortionment to assure four months'
terms and supplementary five cent
state property tax, the proceeds of
which can only go to salaries of teach
ers for. two additional months of
schools. Thorne, In the senate, and
Majette. In the house. Introduced
these bills for the joint committee and
state department of education.
Before the Justice resolution declar
ing the attitude of the general assem
bly -as to freight rate discriminations
Dassed the house Mr. Justice stated
that he had became convinced that It
was- not necessary for him to make
the comprehensive , speech In the
freight rate situation that he had In
tended to make as he had yet to hear
of a single member of the legislature
opposed to the passage of the resolu
tion. The resolution carries a 15000
appropriation for the governor to re
tain counsel as does the corporation
commission on to sue the railroads
as to these discriminations. It goes to
the senate without engrossment
Judiciary committee. No. 1, voted
unanimously to report favorably the
Justice bill to declare Illegal combi
nations In restraint of trade. The
drastic anti-trust bill Introduced
bill early In the session. The bill ap
plies the Sherman anti-trust act as a
state law and adds the provisions of
the noted Held act, of the HOT ses
sion; provides punishment for agree
ments as well as conspiracies In re
straint of trade, and . provides ma
chinery for the attorney general to
Investigate and prosecute such as the
federal act empowers that attorney
general of the United States In this
reaper t.
There seems to be no opposition to
the Juntlre bill. Indeed. many who
timlil ordinarily lie considered to op
sone i h li'Ki.'iintlon ordure mat mey
I'ftt llf ftUM
. 1 Into
this tn
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IN STATE OF SEIGE
Powers Rush Warships to Guard
Their Nationals" Civil
Strife Is Feared
By Anueiaiei Prut.
London, Jan. 25. Constanti
nople practically is in a state of
siege, according to dispatches
received today by peace dele
gates of the allies.
The young Turks, fearing
that the reins of power again
may escape from their hands,
are said to be arresting ( their
political adversaries, searching
houses and clubs and confiscat
ing documents. They hope in
this way to break up the opposition."-:
The allies express the opin
ion that under these circum
stances any excess may be ex
pected. .With this prospect in
FEDERAL LIFERS"
Wardon Moyer Advocates Ex
tremely Clemency After
15 Years' Service."
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Jan. 2.. Parole privileges
Hfe-tlme convicts In the United
.aies prisons who have served 15
years or more Is recommended by
William H. Moyer. warden of the fed
OhI prison here, in his annual report,
which he made public today. .
The warden points out that up to
June 30, 1912, when thev fiscal year
which his report covers ended, the
conduct of 39 of the 69 life term pris
oners here had been excellent, 9 had
shown good behavior and tho conduct
of 1 1 was rated as bad, although some
of the latter pumher had not been re
ported for. any infraction of the rules
for a long time. :
In support of his plea for an ex
tension of parole privileges, the war
den then says:
"I mention this as evMence that tho
existing parole law has opened the
door of hope to even those undergoing
life imprisonment. . I believe, there
fore, that the enactment of the bill
now pending before the United States
congress, providing for the parole of
prisoners undergoing life sentences,
will have a tremendous 'Influence for
good upon all prisoners undergoing
life Imprisonment, Including those
who have heretofore been regarded as
hopeless cases."
The average cost for the mainten
ance of each prisoner here during the
last fiscal year was $205.64, according
to the' warden. ,
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By Associated Press.
Constantinople, Jan. 25. A
severe earthquake shook the
Turkish capital early today.
No loss of life had been report
ed up to noon.
POWER PLANT SOLD
K.
C. Meniles Transfers His Interval
In Thornton Light and low
er Co., Hickory.
Special to Tht Oo0tt-tfM,
Hickory, Jan. 25. K. C. Menslea
has formally transferred the Thorn
ton Ligt)t and Power company to out
side parties. It Is understood the tale
In to Charlotte people, who, while a
separate and distinct corporation, will
nevertheless be In close touch with
the Southern Power company.
Messrs. Cox, Marshall and Burkholder
of Charlotte, were In the city today
conferring with Mr. Menslea and Col.
M. E. Thornton. The Thornton In
terests formerly owned the company.
Hickory people are most hopeful, In
view of this purchase, that the South
ern Power company will build Its
power house on this slds of the rlvjf,
as It now will be so closely allied with
a great Hickory Interest. If It does
It will throw the taxes of the new
100 h. p. development at Ixiokout
Fhonla into the Catawba trennnry sml
b.'lng a million dollar d'vHoiiiiiit, it
will nM nonirthlnif to Urn 1 rvi.ti r.-.-n
if r.MI- pi 1 1 - 0j .t.h' V It ii I'-'-
FAVORS
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EARTHQUAK
ATGOFJSTANXfNOPLE
view, the European powers are
sending war vessels to rein
force the ordinary guard ships
stationed at Constantinople.
Italy is especially alarmed
over the return to power of the
young Turks who were inexor
able during the Lybian war.
"The United . States ambassador at
Constantinople, William Rockhill, dur
ing the negotiations of the conclu
sion of peace between Italy and Tur
key, described David Bey, now head
of the committee of union and pro
gress as an Irreconcilable. David
Bey declared that Turkey would fight
In Tripoli as long as she possessed a
single soldier.
The position of the Ave hundred:
Italian residents of Turkey is regard
ed as so precarious that Italy has des
patched to Constantinople two of her
best cruisers and is prepared to land
Million Dollars Is
Offered for Cure
New York Banker Will Give This Sum if Friedman Serum
Cures His Son-in-Law and 94 Other Tuberculosis
- Sufferers.
- By Auootatei Prf .
New York, Jan 25. A mil
lion dollars is .the offer an
nounced by Charles E. Filnay,
a New York banker, if his son-in-law,
Rexford Lee Paris, of
Indianapolis, and 94 other suf
ferers from tuberculosis in this
country are cured by the new
serum discovered by Dr. F. F.
Friedman of Berlin Germany.
Cablo dispatches have told of
tho success of the new serum
Started at $1.62 a Day; '
Gets $25,000 a Year
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 25. In connection
with the election of Adelbert B.
Whaley to a vice presidency of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, to have charge of transpor
tation, as announced In Boston yes
terday, It Is said that he will relieve
President Charles 8. Mellen of prac
tically all the actual responsibilities of
operation and generally bear the brunt
of work In running the road. In con
trast U the $25,000 post to which Mr.
Whaley has now been elevated after
24 years in New England railroad
business, It Is recalled that at 16 years
of age he started his career as a
BEULAH LEVEE GOES OUT
Desperate Work of 1500 Men
Fails to Save Vast Miss
issippi Area.
By Associated Press.
Vlckuburg. Miss., Jan. 25, The
Beulah letee, on the east side of the
Mississippi river , near Greenville,
Miss., broke this morning and the
flood waters are -rapidly rushing out
over' some of the finest farming land
In that section. The crevasse result
ed from a settling of the foundation
of section No. ( of the new levee.
Fifteen hundred men. Including
several hundred Mississippi convicts,
had been. working day and night for
the past week In a desperate effort to
rebuild the levee, which was carried
away by the disastrous flood of last
spring.
Last night the new levee was two
feet above the water stare, but the
river wue rlnlng raplilly and when the
new foundation settled this morning
the big dirt embankment went out
with a roar.
It Is ii. .t ...lleve.l p. .1.1.. to rinse
( t , . , - Ti tw 11 I ! : ' . ... I ...... nf
501) blue jackets. Besides, the ad
miralty has ordered the entire Italian
squadron In the Grecian archipelago
to hold Itself In readiness. The re
mainder of the Italian fleet Is at Tar
anto, within easy call. '
MR. ROCKHILL'S
REPORT IS REASSURING
Washington, Jan. 25. Ambassador
Rockhill at Constantinople, reports
the Turkish capital quiet, despite the ,
Incident which resulted In the over-
throw of the ministry and the killing j
of Nazlm Pasha. j
Mr. Rockhill says the new govern- j
ment has given assurances that all j
necessary measures have been taken
to guarantee the safety of persons i
and property. He adds that there is i
reason to believe parliament is likely
to be convened at an early date and
that the resumption of hostilities will
not necessarily result from the coup
d'etat. ,
abroad and Dr. Friedman re
cently has given the secret of
his vaccine to the German im
perial board of health.
Mr. Flnlay has cabled his offer to
Dr. Friedman, one, of the Conditions
being that the doctor shall demon
strate personally the value of his
scrum in New York within the next
few weeks. Ills proposition requires
95 per cent of cures In 100 cases.
He would provide hospital beds for
the patients free. Mr. Flnlay said
that the million might reduce him to
the "bread line cIhrh" as he was not
a multl-mllllonnlre. but he thought It
would be worth while if he could do
such a helpfnU thing for humanity.
frelcht brakeman on the old Provi
dence and Worcester railroad at $1.62
a day. "
Buggugeman, station master at
Providence, general agent of the
terminals there, superintendent of the
Worcester division and then of the
New York division, were rungs In his
ladder, and for the past six years he
has been general superintendent of
the electrical division of the New York
Central line and manager of the Grand
Central terminal here. Mr. Whaley's
election Is regarded with more than
ordinary Interest because of the pres
ent investigation of the New England
railroad conditions.
OF
RIGHTS BEFORE SENATE
St. Petersburg Lawmakers to
Decide Whether Hebrews
May Assume Russian
Names.
By Associated Press.
St Petersburg. Jan. 5.--The right
of Russian subjects of Jewish faith
to assume ordinary Russian flrit
names and to confer them on their
children Instead of those recognized
aa characteristically Hebrlac, Is to be
brought before the senate for decision
by the ministry of the Interior,
The custom has recently grown and
the ministry has hitherto held that
while a man could 4iot arbitrarily as
sume another name than that entered
on his record at birth, nothing could
nrevent Hebrew parents from con
ferrlng on their children on-patrl-
arrhlnl nnmes.
The holy synod him objwted utrnng
ly to thin cuHtoiii unil im a rniiM.-nui-nr.
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STRONG EFFORT
TO STOniOTI
New York's Hotel District Is
Heavily Guarded After
Night's Disturbance.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 25. Five hundred
extra police were distributed through
the hotel district today in an effort
to check further rioting of striking
waiters. Special officers , are assist
ing the uniformed force and the
sheriff . Is ready to swear In any num
ber of deputies to cope with the sit
uation. With these precautions taken,
the Hotel Men's association said today
that the idea of calling on the gover
nor for the national guard had been
abandoned.
Officers of the International Hotel
Workers' union estimated this morn
ing that 4000 waiters and. kltehen
helpers were out. A mass meeting
was called for noon at which It was
hoped to augment the number of
strikers. ,
Last night's serious rioting . In
which hotel windows were broken and
pedestralns shoved from the side
walks, has had the effect of clinching
the hotel men's determination not to
yield to the strikers' demands. Many
of the big hotels are crippled, but
non-union help Is being engaged
wherever possible. The strikers de
mand among other things more pay,
better food and the abolishment of
fines.
WANTS MINIMUM WAGE
CoL Roosevelt and Progressive
Committee
to Advocate
N. Y. Legislation.
By Assmlated Press.
New York, Jan. 26 Coincident with
an authoritative assurance that every
effort is being made to end the gar
ment workers strike, sending; 160,000
men and women back to work Monday,-
Theodore Roosevelt today made
public a letter In which he announced
that the legislative committee of the
progressive party will present to the
state legislature bills aimed to create
minimum wage hoards In the garment
trades. Colonel Roosevelt's letter was
written to Michael Schaap, a progres
sive assemblyman. A promise of such
boards is a feature of the protocol
agreed upon recently between waist
and dress operatives and their em
ployers, under which thousands of
strikers resumed work. Today a hun
dred or more of Independent opera
tives announced their intention of ac
cepting Its terms tomorrow.
Besides approving the protocol Col.
Roosevelt urges a state leglsletlve in
quiry Into labor conditions in the sev
eral garment trades "as a means of
bringing about necessary legislation."
His letter describes the labor situation
as he found it during his tour of the
garment making districts this week.
The colonel takes Issue with certain
manufacturers who object to the
protocol and declares for "the right
of collective bargaining" or unionism
for operatives.
Weather Man
Has Troubles
Folks Demanding Knowledge of What
Is Coming and then There's
Inauguration I)ey.
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Washington, Jan. 26. Un
seasonably warm and wet
, weather In all parts of the
country has caused a flood of
correspondence to pour in on
Prof. Willis I Moore, chief of
the weather bureau.
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at April, expressing the hope that
(t both would be bright and
t cheerful. She naively closed
t her letter with the statement
t that she waa to be married on
t the second day.
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It said, he kad received a new
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t Hoys with Christmas sleds
st- still untried, Impoverished coal
t dealers, plumber, Kiln through
I lack of bunded pipes and nerv
al ous Ice dealers who foresee a
t famine next summer, are all
t Impurtunlng the brad of the
t weather bureau. Prof. Moore
s bun hli own trimlilm, hnwevi-r,
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Adamson Predicts the Next
President Will Ask Re
peal of Panama
Canal Act.
IS AGAINST SUBSIDY
TO COASTWISE SHIPS
Will Not Permit Panama to Be
Used to Enrich Shipping r
Trust, He Asserts
By Associated Press. -Washington,
Jan. 26. Chairman
Adamson, of the house commerce
committee In a formal statement to
day predicted that one of President
elect Wilson's first requests on the in
coming congress, would be for a re
peal of the free passage provision in
the Panama canal act applying to
American ships. ' -
"If Secretary Knox succeeds In
avoiding or postponing the demands
of England," said Mr. Adamson, "he
will undoubtedly remove all founda
tion for the Illogical claims of our
people who say they are opposed to
subsidies but still favor discrimination
in favor of coastwise ships from tolls,
which is a subsidy. England may
Justly complain that if the canal is
to be used as an instrument to distrib
ute subsidies under the treaty, those
subsidies must be equal to all na
tions. "The true Issue for us to determine
Is shall we rob our own people by an
unjust discrimination to enrich the
coastwise shipping trust. - I would not
at all object to a brush with England
If we had a just cause, but It looks
very foolish and unprofitable to main
tain any Sort of row with her, com
mercial, diplomatic or warlike, to de
fend the infliction of any incidental
discrimination caused by the Immoral
and unjust robbery of our treasury
and the masses of the people to con
fer benefits upon a special. Interest."-
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FOR BRIEF VISIT
Discusses Work of Legislature
Would Like to Know
What People Wish.
State Senator Zebulon Weaver, whu
Is attending the sessions of the gen- '
eral assembly at Raleigh, Is spending
the week end with his family here,
having arrived this morning. He wilt
return to Raleigh Monday.
In speaking of the work being dono
by the legislature Mr.-. Weaver said
that he thought the members would
got down to actual work much sooner
than heretofore; that things would be
better organized and he thought some
of the 'most important legislation
would be enacted long before the last
days of the session.
Mr. Weaver said that he thought
there would probably be submitted to
the people five or six constitutional
amendments which they 'would vote
on. Among these amendments, he
thought, would be those affecting the
tax, the court system and the home
stead law. The tax amendment, ho
said, would probably provide for th
segregation of the source of taxation
for county and state revenue and for
different rates on various classes of
property.
Mr. Weaver saya he now has under
consideration the bill to provide a
county court, which will absorb the
city Police court, and he would like
to know If the people really want It.
He was of the opinion that the legisla
ture would provide for six months
school terms. The bill for the West
ern North Carolina teachers training
school, he said, la now In the hands
of the committee and he was of the
opinion that it would be reported fav
orably. He also thought that the bill
for the protection of forests from fires
would be passed. Mr. Weaver says he
has prepared a bill for the protection
of the Ashevtlle watershed from fires.
and he would like to know If the peo
ple want It. V
BACK ON DUTY
Dr. ttfdtxitter, Stationed at Olonp
gsjMi, Recovered from Aiuwk
of Fever.
Correipondrnct of T Ae Oatt-Hewi.
Davidson's River, Jan. 24. News
has been received by relatives her
thai lr. P. B. Ledhetter, U. 8. N. has
fulfy recovered from a severe attHek
of dengue or brsakbone fever, and Im
back at hL pout of duty In the Unit
ed States hospital at Olongnpo, P. I.,
where he has been stationed for sev
eral months. OlnPRnpo Is the largest
navar station tho United States bus In
the Philippine.
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