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PRESS SEBVICa
BY LEASED WTUL
VOL. xyNO. 49.
LAST EDITION
4:00 P.M.
Weather Forecast
RAIN AND WARMER.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 9, 1913.
PRICE THREE CENTS
HOSTSzPRAYING
FOR THE POPE
Thousands Gather in Front of
Vatican This Morning and
Make Petition for
v Pontiff's Recovery."
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
- DECLARES PHYSICIAN
Report that He 13 Acutely Af
flicted with Nephritis De
niedRelapse Causes '
Anxiety.
By Associated Press.
.
. "' London, April . A Central
' Xowh dispatch from ' Itoiiif
s .says tlto pope suffered from a,
I'aintliiR lit lasting two honrs
tills morning. It was stated
tlie pope whs In extremis. Ills
physicians asserted the pope
was no worse. ,
OLSOH ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
FLOOD OUTLOOK
MORE SERIOUS
Downpour Throughout Miss
issippi Basin Will , Aug
ments Troubles of the
Levee Workers.
Unwritten Law Frees Minneso
ta University Professor, BAD SPOTS DEVELOP
after Sensational Trial. IN REELFOOT DIKE
Rome, April 9. Three thousand pil
friima gathered in the course of the
morning oh the piazza dl Ban Pletre
in front of the Vatican under the open
window of the pope's apartment and
mid prayers for his recovery.
A thunderstorm accompanied ; by
J ail disturbed the pope this morning:.
His -nervous rystem has become very
icnritive since the beginning of his
illness.
By Associated Press.
St. Paul, Minn., April 9. The. Jury
In the case of Prof. Oscar Olson, for
merly of the University of Minnesota
farm school, charged with the murder
of. Clyde N. Darling, alleged wrecker
of the Olson home, returned a verdict
of not guilty at 8:35 last night.
The Jury had been out since f
o'clock in the afternoon and at 7:40
the foreman announced that a verdict
had been reached. : Judge Orr was
called, arriving nearly an hour later.
As the words" not guilty" fell from
the lips of the foreman Olson, who
had been brought to the court room,
attempted to rise but dropped back
Into his seat. Ho recovered his com
posure and with tear-dimmed eyes
shook hands with the Jurors, the Judge
and the newspaper men,
"There Is going to be a happy re
union at the Olson home tonight," was
all Profe?snr Olson would say as he
started for his home, where his com
Graves Bayou Break 'Widens
Memphis Now Has Big
Arear Covered by
Water.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, April 9. -Rain through
out the Mississippi basin, especially
heavy in the upper portions of the
valley, today gave a graver aspect to
the flood situation. Heavy downpour,
accompanied by strong winds, had
bad effect on the stretches of levees
where the light has been hardest dur
ins the past week, but this morning
reports to the central offices in this
city indicated all the dikes were
holding.
The weather disturbance today
central over western Arkansas, ac
cording to Forecaster Emery, with
heavy rains along the valley between
Memphis and St. -Louis. This will
DO IM1
IIIIFJFUIICE
BIKERS PUT
Wilson Decides that Federal
Government Shall not In
terpose in California
Legislation.
COURTS MUST GUARD
JAPANESE RIGHTS
OFFICERS ARE SEEKING
OTHER PROMOTERS
Should the Measure Pass, Fed
eral Tribunal Will Pass
Upon Its Constitutionality.
Dr. Picot Making Fight to Re
tain His Place as Superin
tendent of State Hospital.
tntiH in ni-nlnna- nmt- nrnhaWIv increase
ing was being awaited by his wife and thG Poo(j Mr Emery stated, because
little duughter. Professor Olson hadal) the tributaries of the Mississippi
Prof. Mahehlafava assured the, AsTJon attentions, tier Husband was ou
. Val the city muen oi me lime. i
not seen hi daughter since his ar
rest -the night of the shooting.
In April, J9U. Darling, a laundry
wagon driver, began v paying Mra Ol
RintntA1 Prnfla htt mornlmr that Hi;
holiness is suffering "only from a'fif
lause ol Influenza which like alt'te-
lapses. Is caosrmm-ceftaln amount qti
unxio'r'11l, to tne exalted posittow
of the patient and his great age." .V;
Reports as to the pope being acuti-'
ly affected with nephritis or Inllnmnia'
t!oh f he JUilneya are, said the pro
fessor, absolutely unfounded. '
"What the pontiff needs above all
Is rest,!' continued the physician, "and
the 24 hours he has spent In bed com
pletely isolated from affairs ha al
ready produced a salutary effect. All
rvmptnms of a dangerous character
which have been, mentioned In unau
thorized reports are either Imaginary
or grossly exaggerated. The present
condition of the pope excludes any
danger unless" complications should
Intervene." ,
Home, April 9. The condition of
the popo wan much Improved today.
Professor Murehlafava. the Vatican
physician, visited the pontiff for over
. an hour thla morning and found his
fever greatly reduced. Ills tempera
ture wai only slightly above normal
but he. still suffered great depression
nnd weakness. -
Cardinal Poraplll, who was made a
new vicar general only a few days ago.
lsued orders today for special prayers '
for the pope In all ths churches of
Home during the next three days.
Professor Marchiafavas examina
tion of the pope this morning was of
a most minute character. He de
clared afterward there was a notice
. able improvement but stated that the
relapse he suffered yesterday did not
. appear to be on the decline.
Pontiff Very Weak.
Pope Plus dozed for a short time
this afternoon. When he was awake
he appeared to feel too weak to take
much notice of those around him. He
smiled, however, when he was visited
by his sisters and his niece, who sat
quietly In the room for some time
without disturbing him. . '
The temperature of the pope rose
slightly at S o'clock this afternoon,
reaching (9 degrees.
While nflictal reports state that thr
amelioration In the pope's condition
continue. It I rcDortexl In other
quarters that the pontiff Is sufforinic
front difficulty of respiration, thirst
nnd prostration.
everything Is !elng prepared at the
Vatican to give the pope a long period
of rest. All pilgrimages have been
suspended . during this month. Sev
eral cardinals who called personally
at the Vatican this morning to In
quire about the pope's health were not
allowed to see him.
The callers were Informed by Car
, rtinal Merry del Val that an tmprovo-
ment had taken place In the pope's
condition and that there was no real
cause for alarm. -
The official Vatican newspaper, the
Oaserva-Tore Romano says In Its
evening elitlon today!
' "We are glad to be able to give thr
nsmirance that after his relapse on
Monday evening the condition of thr
pope Is constantly and notably ame
llorntlng."
s&cret meetlWs had been gping oh f
nearly1 a A -iU her ..consc($iee begwJ
troubling h
vnfiay she b
from-.her.
rhreidijicd t
.1.- ...... . A li a ' I
nei.ea'4ipat ne jbiod i nan miiu i
kWptf 'e-.Vi,Vnr. finally, madea I
confession to hen husband. sne dm
not tell everything, but enough to
have him warn Darllng-to stay away.
Later she revealed the entire story to
Professor Olson. . On March 5, Pro
fessor Olson returned from a trip over
the state. Mrs. Olson was In Monte
video, visiting, and had Intended re
turning that day. It was late at night.
Olson was half dozing when he heard
a sound In tho yard. He went to a
window and saw-a figure approach
ing the back door, according to his
testimony.- He took his revolver and
waited.. As' the door opened Olson
fired two shots. - Both bullets went
through the right lung -of Darling.
The trial lasted six days. Mrs. Ol
son told her story from beginning to
end. At the end of her testimony she
collapsed.
For Fariy Ililllpplne Independence.
w ill be Called upon to carry off a large
surplus of water. The gauge here
stouu pt 4G at 7 o'clock today, a rise
of fiim -ttnths of a foot in 24 hours.
? Hlckiimn Situation Bad.,
ifjAlickman,; Ky., the situation to-dii,yV.?w9--reported
unusually serious.
- lr." - l ntj JVMA.V1UUI ItT.OO lliw lie Y1IVP)" v. D. v
According (o the tftstl'Jj .at (, -a , tg m the fir8t mle HoUth
M t)o.llnr tK.otgv nlifud.l .t-LL. J'..vJ . . .,.L .
,,ni.,..,, i(f. .Hicnuvdir ana in me nun mue. rwv-
l"fueed. h AVhen ibejf,,. 0,08 ijngs of sand have been
rwwr nuouum. hi., ..j lo 8u,j.then these places ana
iitge ganin of workmen are constant
ly4 at wort;' brinslne1 up auppllea-irad
distributing them along the line.
Ueports today from Wyanoke, Lux
ora. Osceola, Mound City and Point
Pleasant on the Arkansas side state
that all levees were holding, but with
the higher stage of the river, the sit
uation was growing morc-serlou. The
break at Graves bayou, south of
Memphis, was reported to be about
1000 feet wide todaj', with the water
pouring through the crevasse at a ter-
rillc rate.
Memphis Ihrtly Flooded.
In Memphis thi flooded area, result
ing from the birk water, was largely
Increased by the heavy rains of the
night. For several hours this morn
ing the east and west street car lines
on Madison ad Union avenues were
stopped on acount of the overltow of
those streets, ut later In the day reg
ular service tas resumed. A seriou
hole developd In the levee protecting
the city gaw plant and It was stated
that the plait probably would be shut
down beforf night This would seri
ously Inconvenience thousands of
families wlu are dependent wholly on
gas for fua or light.
Refugee continue to reach the city
In lncrea-ig numbers from the flood
ed dlstrlns In Arkansas. All able-
bodied nen, both white and . black,
Congressman Makes Recom- if ' and i"6 v" to
o Ithu Un fed States enar neera and levee
... B-ni-ea1.a Ibornd Jr work on the levees across
iliunuauuua tui ruuiuw,j i,h ,1. .
in This District. (By Associated Press)
Walhlngton April 9. Here Is the
weutw-r bureau's special flood bulle
tin ffr today: .
Tl Ohio river at Cairo at 7 A. M.
Wednesday was 54.6 feet, a fall of
1 ftot in the lust 24 hours."
e rain which has fallen In the
last 14 hours over the Mississippi
vnley, the lower Ohio valley and
Ihl watersheds of the western trlbu-
talei of the Mississippi south of
cilrn has added to the seriousness of
tie flood situation In the Mississippi.
Stages In the Mississippi Wednesday
orning were ss follows:
Memphis 46 feet, 0.7 foot above
ilgh water of 1912: Vlckaburg, Miss.,
45.7 feet. (.4 feet below high water
of 1912; New Orleans l.l feet.
Slight Full at Cairo.
Cairo. 111., April . The Ohio river
todnr had fallen one-tenths of an Inch
sine yesterday morning and regis
tered 54. ( feet Should 'heavy rains
continue over the Mississippi and Ohio
watersheds It Is feared conditions here
again will become critical.
era
INDORSES
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 9. President
Wilson let It bo known today that the
federal government would not Inter.
fere with pending legislation in Cali
fornia by Which aliens who have not
declared theiif Intention of becoming
naturalized as American citizens are
prohibited from owning land or prop
crty. He communicated this decision
Informally to Representative Raker.
Although the meusure i? aimed pri
marily at the Japanese, the fact that
It makes no discrimination of race as
well as the desire of the president not
to Interfere with the sovereignty of
the state has precluded any action by
the federal government at this time.
The president wa told by Mr. Raker
that the people of California would
enact the law through the initiative
and referendum if the legislature re
fupe He declared the sentiment was
five to one in favoi' of the law. The
president's position had been merely
that of an Inquirer. ., '-
Representative Raker - had shown
the president a telegram from J. B
Sanford, a leader In the senate of
California, requesting that the fed
eral government should not interfere
with local affairs, The president's de
cision today. Mr." Raker said, would
rind approval In. ViMemlrtr--.?
President Wilson .told Mr. Raker
the whole question touched the sov
ereignty of the state and he left It to
California to make such laws as
deemed advisable for Itself, with the
hope the law would be passed.
It Is believed that the protest
the Japanese government will be held
In the state department until the leg
lslatlon li actually passed. Then the
conptlU.tlnnullty of the measure may
be tested in the United States courts
by Japanese residents in California,
liberals r"so ISill.
Tokio, April in. The executive
committee of the national liberal
party passed a resolution today urg
ing the governmontments of Japan
and the United Slates to prevent the
passage of the California land owner
ship bill, owing to the serious effect
it will have on Interests of the tw
nations and on their relations.
FOUR FOR BERTHS
Oazette-News Bureau,
Wyatt Building,
Washington, April 9.
Rcnresentatlve Gudger this after
noon asked Postmaster General Burle
son to make the following appoint
ment for poatmnsters: D. J. Kerr,
Canton; W. C, Hull, Black Mountain;
W. H. Stearns, Tryon, nnd Plato Rol
lins at Rutherfordton.
Mr. Gudger reached a decision In
the above offices after considering the
indorsement of each candidate and
after conferences with Senators Sim
mons and ' Overman. The senators
have the privilege of holding up nom
inations and for this reason congress
men are conferring with Senator.
Simmons and Overman so that then
may be no misunderstanding.
IT
IS EXPECTED SW
My Associated Press. " -Washington,
April t. To delegates
I'.nrnhnw and Qursnn of the Phlll
Pl'lnef, President Wilson today ex
pressed the hope PhlUpplns Indepen
dence would be attained ss soon as
possible and promised tn Rive the
cuMJert early consideration. '
I
fttcnincr Riril.cs llarge.
By Associated Press.
; PonlCH, April . The steamer Nan
tlitV bound from Baltimore for
Hodtnn, with twenty-eight pawngers.
Kim in rnlllHimi with an unknown
IiiiBe nrnr t'rnwi Itlp llnhlshlp ' In
Nuntm k.-t p.j'irnl bt-lor d:uvn.
A V, u , I, , nit ; ynt HI) details.
White House Report Also Says
Breckenridze Will Be War
Secretary's Assistant
Southern Pacific Stockholders Med.
Itv Associated Press.
Washington. April i.Hciry C.
Breckenrldge of lxlngton. Ky.. 1
intri for assistant secretary tot war
and Wli:lam H. Osborn of Breens
boro, N. C, for commissioner it Inter
nal revenue. This Information came
from the White House todaV though
iKuii. tiniYtinititonM hiiri not i-et been
prepared. fl
Me. Ilret ti nrl.lie Is a grtidunte ol
Prlm-.-lon In the clnss of 1 t7 and
one of President's Wilson's Miplls wh
.n.iiniriiiuh..1 lilnimlr In uinilic spcalf
in k mid political science.
By Associated Press.
Louisville, Ky., April 9. In con
fifmlty with the decree of the 8u
pteme'eourt of the United States dls
Mlvlng the Union and Southern Pa
cflo merger, the Southern Pacific
slock held by the Union Pacific was
ipt voted today at the annual meeting
re of the stockholders of the South-
n Paclllo company.
The names "f Robert 8. Lovett and
ithcrs conspicuously on the old board
o not appear 1 nthe list of the dlrec
tors elected. -.
Federal Minimum Wsge Mill.
By Associated Press.
Washington. April . A' minimum
wage of $9 per week for all women
nd elrls emuloyed In work which
goes Into Interstate commerce sn1
prohibition against the employment 0
girls under 15 years are proposed In a
hill Introduced today by Henator dill
Ion.
NEW DISSOLUTION
PLAN DISAPPROVED
McReynolds Dosen't Like
Lovett 's Method of Un
scrambling Eggs.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 9. Attorney
General McReynolds today disapprov
ed the new plan of the dissolution ot
the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
merger recently submitted to him by
Robert 8., Lovett chairman of the
Union Pacific board. The Union
Pacific will submit the plans to th
United States court at St Louis, M
Lovett has advised the attorney
general. .
The proposed plan now goes to the
court with the opposition of the at
torney on the ground that It does not
meet the decree of the Supreme court
dissolving the merger. '
The plan- proposed that the Union
Pacific place Its $196,000,000 worth of
the Southern Pacific stock In the
hands of a trustee for a time. The
stock would be disfranchised. Stock
holders of th'e Union Pacific would be
permitted to buy 100 shares each
The attorneys believe that the same
objections apply to that arrangement
at applied to the original suggestion
of the Union Pacific that the South
ern Pacific stock be .distributed pro
rato amorjg stockholders o fthe Union
Pacific. Tills was disapproved.
WADE HAMPTON'S HOME
DESTROYED BY FIRE
By Associated Press. .
Columbia, a C April 9. The home
of the confederate, general, Wade
Hampton, head of the legion that bore
his name, Ilea a muss of ruins on Sen
ate street today. His saddle, upon
which ha fought many a hand-tit-han
encounter, with "yanks" at close
quarters was destroyed, but the stir
rups were sPrd. His granddaughter,
ill in bed wlui fever, was carried o
shortly hvfw the'rw.f tall. In. '
The fa 111 011s confederate " scout
prlivless collection ef booKs and war
relics were consumed.
s
WILSON AGAIN
A T THE CAPITOL
wo Arrests Are Made After
Investigation into t he
States Trust Corn- .
pany's Affairs.
HOUSE
IN TARIFF
peclnl to The Cazotte-Ncws.
Raleigh, April 9. With the arrcsl
here last night of ('. H. Bowlds and at
Angier today of J. A,' Bickers; officers
of the State Trust company, tlie cor
poration commission expects to have
others Involved in the scheme in jail
before night if they are in the state.
None of the men are from North Car
olina. but seem to have come from
every other-part of the south.
It is learned that banks were to be
started at Hoffman, Richmond county;
Plnetown, Beaufort county; Fallston,
Catawba; Stedman, Cumberland; Bis
coe, Montgomery, Walkertown, For
syth, and Newport, Carteret. A sta
tionery representative said his com
pany had $000 In the banks.
Governor Craig appointed Dr. Chas.
Woodard of .Durham to the board, of
directors of the state hospital, to suc
ceed W. A. Krwin, resigned.
Failing to take kindly to the pur
pose of the new board of directors of
the state hospital at Raleigh to be
stow his . job on another, Dr. L.- J
Picot,' superintendent, has employed
The board is in s-ion tnis anernoon
but will not take action until later in
the afternoon. Dr. Picot contends he
was elected for a term of six years, but
It Is-said members say his election
was for two years, Dr. Albert Ander.
son of Raleigh undoubtdcly will be
elected his successor.
The board of directors adjourned
to May 14 without electing a super
intendent. It la learned that R. H.
Salisburg, a director, has . employed
Judge J. S. Manning to prevent his
place being taken by A. B. Croom, jr.,
the Craig "appointee.
Mr. Anderson s Career.
Dr. Albert Anderson of Raleigh
who today may be elected eupenn
tendent of the state hospital at Ral
eigh. was born at Eagle Rock, Wake
county, October 18, 1869, his parents
being Jesse and Mary Anderson. He
was educated In the public schools
and Trinity college, receiving the de
gree of ma-ter of arts from that in
stitution In 1883. Dr. Anderson studied
medicine at the University of Vir
ginia, got his degree in 1888, and lo
cated in Wilson for the practice of
medicine.
The new superintendent of the state
hospital at once became prominent
in the medical world and in 1907 was
made director of the Jefferson Stand
ard Life Insurance company, a post
tion which he resigned last August
when t hew head office was moved from
Raleigh' to Greensboro. Since that
time he has been engaged In the
practice of medicine In this city.
ndustrial Commission, Tariff
Board, Woman Suffrage,
I Minimum Wage Fav-
i
r ored.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 9. House
ertiocrats caucused toduy on the
tariff bill after the majority of the
afs and means committee had met
to formulate a tariff program , for
sulniiission. The house Itself had ari
joutned until tomorrow. The caucus
ill) be succeeded by others, one
eaci day for several days, and all
Willi be secret. A light, backed
wltll the moral support of President
Wilton, for an open cavicus was lost
last night.
s an extent the house may be In
fluenced by the senate on the ques
tion! of dividing the bill for passage
Into! schedules. : Some democratic;
senators favor this, so that separate
votis may be had on the sugar and
wo(B .propositions. It is believed that
President Wilson still Is open to con-
ictlon on the point, although he Is
thought to incline toward Chairman
Underwood's idea of single bills. Some
democratic senators believe the effect
of a srhedule-by-schedule revision al
ready has been lost by the introduc
tion of the. .bill as a whole. Another
proposal was to group the schedules
and divide the bill into four meas
es. - -V. 'J,:;;.':
Borne of these questions the caucus
took up when it met today. 1
OUWPROK
JMBgfES
THE STANDARD OIL BILL
VETOED BHOI. MAJOR
Missouri's Executive Declines
to Permit Company to Re
enter State.
By Associated Press.
Jefferson City. Mo.. April 9. Gov
ernor Major today vetoed the bill per
mitting the Standard Oil company to
continue business In Missouri In spite
of the ouster decree of the State 8u
nreme court. -
The ouster suit against the Stand
ard Oil company was filed tn 1905. In
December, 1908, the Supreme court of
Missouri entered the ouster decree.
Under terms of this the Standard OH
company of Indiana and the Republic
Oil company, a distributing concern,
were ordered to leave the state and to
pay a fine of 160,000.
The Waters-Pierce Oil company was
fined $50,000, but was allowed to con
tlnuo business In Missouri on condl
Hon that It sever It connection with
the Standard.
The Waters-Piercs met this condl
tion and a few weeks ago It was an
nounced that Henry Clay Pierce had
bought the Standard Oil holdings
the Waters-Plerc company, .m l now
controlled a majority of tha -tn. k. The
Standard OU company appealed the
ouster decree to the federal court,
where the decision of the ;allmnu
etfurt was uphold. An arpeal then
was made to tha 0tats 8uiLme court
but the appeal-was overruled and
petition now la pending In the state
Hupreme court to grant a rehearing.
DEMOCRATS
CAUCUS
President Goes There This Af
ternoon to Confer with
Senators over the
Tariff Schedules.
DETERMINED TO PUT '
PROGRAM THROUGH
Intimates that if Defeated in
Present Revision He Will
Stump Against Re
calcitrants. .
Questions Relative to Revision
Schedules Debated behind v
Closed Doors.
By Associated Press.
Washington. April 9. At a general 1
meeting here today to perfect, details
of the legislative program outlined by
the new progressive ,.arty in the house.
Gifford Pinchot, Jane Addams, Walter
Weyl, and Dean Lewis of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania were called to
discuss the framing of the 32 meas
ures which the progressives expect to
present to this congress.
One of these will be a measure can
ing for the establishment of an Indus
trial commission to regulate corpora
tions In interstate commerce, with
powers similar to those now exercised
over railroads by the interstate com
merce commission.
Special attention will also be paid
to a re.olution providing a constitu
tional amendment extending the suf
frage to women. During the tariff de
bate the progressives plan to exploit
their party platform pledge endorsing
the plan for a "'non-partisan, sctentinc
tariff board."
Tha progressives will also urge the
passage of a minimum wage law in
some form and today they seemed to
lean toward a plan for a wage com
mission to establish equitable scales of
wages.
GUSH OF JURISDICTION,
Department of Justice
Former Comptroller
Treasury Fall Out.
and
of
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 9. A sharp dis
agreement between the department of
justice and the comptroller of the
treasury of the lost administration
over the interpretation ot an appro-
pr.xtlon act, and a clash of Jurisdic
tion, was revealed yesterday.
Former Attorney General Wicker-
sham told the Interstate commerce
commission that It could buy chulrs
and tables from whom It pleased, ir
respective of the general supply com
mittee created by congrean as that
committee was authorised to buy only
perlshnhle supplies, such as statlon-
tery. Comptroller Tracewell said the
general supply act had been construed
broadly referring to anything used by
two or more departments and that
the attorney general's . opinion de
prived the act of "Its very life and
soul." , . .
"I am unable to agree with, the at
torney general In his narrow and non
beneficial construction of this law," he
auueu.
Secretary McAdoo stepped Into "lit
breach snd Attorney General McRcy-
nnbia withdrew the opinion of his
predecessor on the ground that the
question came solely within the prov
ince of the comptroller.
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 9. President
Wilson announced today that he
would meet the democratic members
of the senate finance : committee In ,
the president's room at the cnpltol at
3 o'clock this afternoon to talk about
the tariff.
Although it had been unofficially
announced before President . Wilson
took office that he expected to go to
the president's room at the capitol at '
frequent intervals to be in close touch .
with congress, the news that he would
make the first visit today following so
closely on the notable scene of yester.
day when the president read his mes
sage personally to a joint assembly In
the hall of the house, set official cir
cles by the ears.
The president sent word early toduy
by Secretary Tumulty to the members
of the committee that he would like
to meet them at 3 o'clock. The pivot
of tariff reform, it is generally recog- v
nized, will be the senate, where the
democratic margin is small and where
opposition, to certain schedules al
ready Is apparent. - ".: : . '
When Mr. Wilson last : discussed '.
with the senate democrats of thw
finance committee the method of tariff
reform they argued as a unit for
upliUtem.Atw tHnriTrro sepal ate at. new
ules, assuring him' that wider- atten
tion would be focused on each sched-
ule and. that agreements among sena
tors might be eliminated.
Wants Rapid Progress.
The president is said to feel that
more progress can be made by a visit
to the capitol where he can confer
with the democrats of the senate fin
ance committee and the latter can
quickly get In touch with senators re
luctant to favor the bill at present.
Mr. Wilson firmly believes in intimate
debate In matters of legislation, not
only as a time-saver, but as a means
of averting misunderstandings that
might come by having the adminis
tration's views transmitted Indirectly.
The president's conception of that
method of securing legislation Is tha"
as a leader of the party that elected
him he can be a counselor and advi
sor. While he never has suggeswa
that the executive in either the state
or the nation should actually interfere
in the process of legislation, he always
has maintained that the voice of the
party leaders should be heard in party
councils.
Intimations have come from the
White House that the president, if
defeated In the present session in the
issue of tariff reform, will go before
the people of those states whose rep
resentatives in both houses of con- -
gress have thwarted the party pro
gram and appeal in the primaries for
the selection of what he believes to
be progressive candidates.
Has Many Engagements
The president had a long schedule
of engagements before his departure
for the -'capitol. Beginning at 9
o'clock he received many callers, .
among them being many members
of congress. At 2:20 he was to greet
In the east room more than BOO school
teachers, also Bishop Collins Denny,
of Richmond, Va., a classmate and
Hlshop IE. E. Hoss of Nashville, Tenn.,
of the Methodist Federation commis
sion in session here, and Robert 8.
Hyer, president of the South Method
ist university of Dallas, Tex.
The president expected to leave the
White House at 2:35, devoting the re
malnder of tha afternoon if neces- "
sary to the conference at the capi
tol. "
President Wilson's visit to the
capitol was explained by members of
the finance committee to be a contin
uation of the conference begun Mon
day at the White House. Members
of the committee deilred a further
opportunity to present , their views
of changes needed In the tariff bill.
The democrats Of the finance com-
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president and we met him at the
White House Monday morning," said
Senator Hoke Smith. "That confer.
ence adjourned to meet again. Now
the president renews the conference
and Instead ot requiring the nine
democrats of the finance committee to
come to him. he has come to them."
Other members commended the ac
tion of the president In arranging tn
meet the finance committee at a point
more convenient to senators.
Firing Continue at Nam.
By Associated Press.
Nhco, Arls., April 9. Much gun fire
between the federal garrison of Nticn,
Sonora and the constitutionalist force
opened at 8 o'clock this morning. Th
attacking party remwlneil ut a dis
tance. OJciIh's federal troops h;xl i ' f" '
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