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VOL. XVIII. NO. 284.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1914.
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Dr. Hoag Paper Before Race
Betterment Meet Discusses
Possibilities of Health
Officer.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT
IN RACE DISCUSSED
Half a Score of Nationally
Prominent Speakers Deli
. ver Addresses at Ses
sion Today.
Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 9. Men
tal, physical and moral advancement
of mankind was discussed by men
and women famed in t their respective
fields of endeavor at today's sessions
of the National Race Betterment con
ference. In addition to addresses by
half a score nationally known speak
ers, two papers prepared by men un
able' to attend the conference were
read to the delegates.
On the program for the forenoon
session were pooker T, Washington,
who discussed the "Negro Race"; Dr.
J. N. Hurty of the Indiana state board
of health, who spoke on "the cost of
living as a factor in race degeneracy;"
Dr. Carolyn Gelsel of Shorter college,
whose subject was "The Race Better
ment In Women Colleges"; and Dr. H.
W.. Austin of the United States Public
Health service, who told "What the
United States Public Health Service Is
Doing for Race Betterment." -
Dr. Horace Plunkett's paper on
"Function of Individual, City, State
and Nation in Bringing About Race
Betterment," and one prepared by Dr.
Ernest Hoag of Leland Stanford uni
versity on "School Hygiene" were the
other features of the day's first ses
sion. ' "The child hygienist occupies, a new
'neldfand his work' makes necessary
the recognition' of a new profession,"
aid Dr. Hoag'a paper.' "The modern
school health officer- must be a- spe
cialist carefully trained in the prob
lems of ' child hygiene, particularly
as this applies to the school child.
"The division of school hygiene
should include in Its functions not
nJy the health supervision of school
rhlldrcm and the maintenance of
ftc.iithful school environment but also
nipervision of the teaching of hygiene,
I the health of teachers, of physical
i ducatlon and of a public lecture de
tmrtment for parents where topics on
the home and school hygiene of the
child - may be presented."
"Perhaps the most Important de
partment in hygiene," said Dr. Hoag's
paper, "is that where It relates to the
'exceptional child.'
"The paper study of such children
requires some political training in
psychological procedures," according
tn the paper, "which cannot at present
be required of every school omciai.
Kverv large, well organized school
health department however, will In
elude this division and provide a well
trained person to carry on the work
as now Is done, In Los Angeles, mil
adelphia. Milwaukee. Minneapolis,
Grand Rapids and a few other cities.
"Not less than one per cent and
probably nearly three per cent of the
children In the average school are
below normal in Intelligence to a de
cree which unfits them to profit by or
dlnary school methods. It Is of the
greatest importance clearly to dlstln
gulsh between the mentally dull and
the defective child; between the mor
ally delinquest and the mentality de
fective child; between the misfit or
ipeclallzed defective and the Intellec
tually sub-normal: yet this Is rarely
lone In our schools today.
r'Te new conception of child hy
(lene iiitclYer -the adaption of the
:hild to fit th school."
Standards of school t.ealth should
j furnished by the state. Dr. Hoas
declared. Minnesota, and to a smaller
; extent Virginia, he said, are the only
itates now attempting to furnish such
rtandard, though Michigan has un
dertaken a limited amount ot work
tlong similar lines. -,
ADVOCATING A PAID
ATHLETIC MANAGER
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 9. A sin
gle paid graduate manager for all the
athletic teams at Yale in place of the
(4 men now occupying managerships
or assistant managerships for ths
various branches of sport Is advocated
by the Yale News. .
"Under the plan proposed," snys
the college newspaper, "the managing
would be done competently and with
some continuity, and 17 men from
each of the two epper classes would
be liberated from managerial servi
tude" Second Round Winners,
rtnehurst, N. C, Jan, 9.-',eorge C
Dutton of ths Belmont club, Boston;
C. L. Uerker of Woodlawn, Mass.;
Mnurlcs Rlsley of Atlantic City; and
Harold SlaUr of Foxhllls, R. I., were
winners In the second round ot match
play at tha annual mld-wlnter golf
liirnip,nt yesterday In the semi
finals. Today Dutton meets Becker,
whlJs Rlalay Is matsUed with 8iatr.
BUG
SPLENDID
CAREER
Last of Confederate Lieuten
ant-Generals Will be Buried
In Frankfort.
Mundfordvllle, Ky., Jan. 9. The
body of General Simon Bolivar Buck-
ner, who died at his home, "Glen
Lily" near here last night will be con
veyed by special train tomorrow to
Frankfort for burial. The widow, rel
atives and about 20 close friends of
the family will accompany the re
mains of the last surviving lieutenant
general of the Confederate army from
this city to the state capital. Com
plete details of the funeral arrange
ments have not yet been announced
but it Is expected that burial will take
place Sunday or Monday.
" General Buckner's death was due to
infirmities of age. Mrs. Buckner and
the general's only surviving child,
Lieutenant Simon : Bolivar Buckner,
Jr., U. S. A., who is stationed at Fort
Thomas, were at his bedside when the
end came.
The general was In his 91st year.
He was a graduate of West Point, had
been a member of the United States
army for 10 years, was a veteran of !
the Mexican war, for four years was
governor of Kentucky and in 1896 was
a candidate for vice-president of the
United States on the gofa democrat
ticket headed by Palmer.
- General Buckner's name Is linked
with deeds of valor throughout his
service in the Mexican war and war of
the- states. During the Mexican war
he was breveted for bravery at-the
battles of Contreras, Churubusco and
Mllino Del Ray. He was graduated
from West Point in 1844-and remained
in the United States army until 1855
when he resigned. He entered "the
CohfederaTe'army' as'sbrigadler gfehl
eral'and successively was advanced
to the ranks of major-general and
lieutenant general. He served as gov
ernor of Kentucky from 1887 to 1891,
and as a member of the Kentucky con
stitutional convention In 1891. After
being a candidate for , vice-president
In 1898, he retired to his.home near
this place. " v
General Buckner died in the same
house he was born tn, April, 1823.
The old structure had been remodeled
from time to time and Is one of the
famous residences In Kentucky. Gen
eral Buckner's father, Colonel A. H.
Buckner, also was a soldier, serving
in the war of 1812. He was descended
from the Buckners of England who
settled In Virginia In 1635. General
Buckner's first wife died tn 1872, and
in June, 1865, he married Miss Delia
Claiborne of Richmond, Ya.
General Buckner was a close per
sonal friend of General U. 8. Grant
and was one of the pall bearers at
the latter"s funeral.
Recouped Fortune. '
Chicago, Jan. . The death of Gen
eral Simon Bolivar Buckner last night
at Lexington, Ky., recalls his struggle
here after the close of the war be
tween the stutes to recoup his fortune.
Before the war, In which he attain
ed the rank of lieutenant general in
the confederate army. General Buck
ner owned property in what is now the
heart of Chicago's business district.
To avoid confiscation at the outbreak
of the war he deeded It to a brother-1
In-law who served In the federal
army.
His brother-in-law, who was mor-!
tally wounded, left a will restoring the
property to Genoral Buckner. Title
was not perfected, however, until aftor
long and expensive litigation. A build
ing was then erected on the property
and later the general sold It for. J500,
000. During the litigation over the Chi
cago property It was said General U.
8. Grant, a classmate at West Point,
offered General Buckner hfs private
purse. In the early eighties, when
General Grant met with tfinancial re
verses In New York.iOeneral Buckner
hastened to tender his assistance.
NEW PROPOSAL FOR
PARDON OF TOLMAN
Albany, N. V., Jan. 9. A nuew pro
position for the pardon of Daniel H.
Tolman, money lender woh Is serving
a six months term for usury. Is under
consideration by Oovernor Ulynn.' It
amplifies the previous offer of Tol
man and his assignees, In as much as
It proposes to surrender uncondition
ally approximately $000,000 In notes,
embracing principal and Interest, In
return for the remission of the re
malnder of the sentence.. The notes
are those of nearly 20,000 borrowers
f,rom Tolman In this state.
Governor Glynn It Is understood has
been disposed to favor clemency for
Tolman but has not acted because he
feared soma way might bs found to
push the claims.
Billiards Mak-li.
Chicago, Jan. (.Willis Hopps and
and Oeorg Button will play 1600
point 18. Z billiards hers February 23-
26, under the auspice of the Chicago nflr trailing him for month In lo-Athli-tii;
aMuciutlun- for a stuka ofilxUd regions of Kcutt and Polk coun-
112130. ,( ' .
AS TO HIS COURSE
Strike . Leader May Remain in
Colorado on Work in '
Washington. '
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 9. Charles
H. Mover, president of" the Western
Federation of, Miners, today consid
ered whether he would remain here
personally to direct the strike of the
federation in the copper region or go
to Washington to petition the execu
tive committee of the American Fed
eration of Labor to call a - general
strike of miners in Michigan.
Moyer and Charles H. Tanner, audi
tor of the federation, have not been
released by the special, grand Jury be
fore which they testified yesterday.
After their arrival here from Chi
cago yesterday Moyer and Tanner
spent two hours In the grand Jury
room. Deputies today continued to
guard every movement of the strike
leaders. Governor W. N. Ferris yes
terday completed his public inquiry
of the strike, after hearing the mine
owners and operators give their side
of the labor trouble.
. Violence Feared.
; 'Capetown, Union of South Africa,
Jan. 9. Railroad service in the Trans
vaal and the Orange Free State prov
inces was badly disorganized today by
the strike ot railway employes. Traffic
was suspended this morning as far
south as Klerksdorp, about 120 miles
out of Johannesburg.
Police were on guard at all the sta
tlons and detachments of troops have
been ordered to the affected area as
a precautionary measure. It is feared
by the authorities that the men may
be aroused to acts of violence by the
revolutionary speeches of their lead
ers. ' - 1
Women Will Parade,
Van couver, B. C. Jan. 9. Three
hundred women, the wives and daugh
ters of coal miners imprisoned for
participation in the Vancouver Island
strike disturbances' last August, will
parade the streets of Victoria Jan
uary 15, when the legislature meets,
and present a petition' at Government
house Nuklnj, for the release .'of the
prisoners. . . ''
This announcement was made by
the trades and' labor council here last
night. It was also stated that the
British Columbia Miners Liberation
league intended to appeal on behalf
of the men to the king and home sec
retary, and to lay the case before the
British labor papers.
THREE DEAD; 27 HURT IN
BA. SO. &FLflR'Y WRECK
A Macon-Palatka Passenger
Train Fell Through Tres
. . tie Near Cordele.
Cordele, Ga., Jan. 9. Three persons
were killed and 27 Injured early today
when a Georgia Southern, and Florida
passenger train, from Macon to Pa
latka, was wrecked on a trestle one
mile from, this place. A broken rail
Is said to have caused the accident.
The dead: -
CARSON" INGRAM, aged 12, son of
B. F. Ingram, Buckhead,' Ga.
Two unidentified negroes.
Four sleeping cars and two day
coaches were thrown from the trestle
to a small creek several feet below.
The engine and baggage car passed
safely over the trestle. The two day
coaches weer so badly damaged that
rescue crews had difficulty In remov
ing the bodies of the dead and injured.
All of the seriously Injured were
brought to this place for medical at
tention. DEFIED JN 2fl YEARS
John Dale Taken While Asleep
By Possee After, Long
Eluding Them.
Waldron, Ark., Jan. 9. John Dulo,
who for 20 years has defied revenue
officers In the western counties of
Arkansas, was found asleep In the
woods near here today and arrested
by a United States marshal's porse on
charges of operating an Illicit still.
Dale lay asleep on his rlfio at the foot
ot a tree. Awakened to find six guns
pointed at him, ties howed fight, but
was soon overpowered.
Dale's alleged crude still and 160
gallons of liquor were confiscated and
the reputed operator put In Jail. The
alleged whiskey making device was of
the portable kind generally known as
a "wild-cat still." Ai early as 1894
attempts were madet o corner Dale,
and scores of government officers.
had abandoned tha chits.
President Has Found Time to
Read and Answer Many
Communications From
Little Friends. '
DEVOTES GREAT DEAL
OF TIME TO CHILDREN
They Line From Road to The
Golf Links Small . Boy
Presents Flowers
And Candy.
Christian, Miss., Jan. 9.
Though deeply absorbed for the most
part in affairs of state,' President Wil
son has availed himself of leisure mo
ments during his vacation here to an
swer scores of oddly written letters 1
from children in this vicinity. It is
one of the many things which the
president would like to do at Wash
ington, for he enjoys reading letters
of children, but he finds it impossible
at the White House because of pres
sure of Important business.
None of the letters is made public,
for the president always defers that
to the recipient. But as the receipt
of a letter from the president of the
United States is not au "every day oc
currence in the hamlets and towns
along the gulf coast, information
about them has leaked out in various
ways,
Master Cecil. Brown of Missis
sippi City has two letters from the
president, more than any of the other
youngsters. Master Brown a few days
ago stood in the! road waving an
American flag and halted , the big
automobile; j .". k ,
: "Irwant to crlve you sorne candy,".
(he told the president, "and I want you
to eat It because I made it myself."
The president took the box of home
made candy with him, while Master
Brown, attired In a boy scout uniform,
saluted proudly as the automobile pro
ceeded. When Mr. Wilson got through
with his important letters he wrote
the boy thanking him for the gift.
When the president rode to golf
yesterday Master (Brown was again
signaling In the road with his flag but
this time he was In civilian clothes,
He had a box of flowers for the presi
dent and a little note. When the
president got home he read the note.
"I liked your letter so much," the
boy had written, "that I brought you
the flowers. I hope you will write me
another letter, too; and when you get
back to Washington I want you to
write regular to me."
The president wrote Master Brown
that ho appreciated the flowers very
much and was deeply grateful.
The president's interest in children,
however, has been manifest in other
ways than by correspondence. Hun
dreds of little boys and girls have
lined the road on which he motors to
and from the golf links each day,
cheering or waving flags. The presi
dent's chauffeur knows the whims of
the chief executive and slows down as
he approaches the little groups. The
president has often stopped to talk
with the children.
School teachers have learned the
exact hour when the White House
motor is due to pass at various points
along the road, and practically the
entire youth of the Mississippi coast
now has seen the president of the
United States. Their parents have
not been so fortunate, though arrange
ments are being made for a popular
reecptnon to be held before the presi
dent leaves.
"WANT AD." TO SECURE
PUPILS FOR SCHOOL
Perm High School Thus Calls
Attention of Girls to the
Evening Classes.
Philadelphia.. Pa., Jan, 9. For the
first time In the history of the public
schools In this city a "want ad." cam
paign has been resorted to for the
purpose of securing pupils. The cam
paign was resorted to by the board ot
education to call attention to the op
portunities afforded by the evening
courses St the William Penn High
school for girls,
After the holiday rush season when
plans were being made for opening
this new evening school work, one
official spoks of tha many girls and
young woman who were at work as
extra clerks In the stores and asked
what would become of them after the
holiday season had passed. Then h
suggested that this would be a good
vhanca to call their attention to the
opportunities, that may be found In
tha schools to help them prepare for
permanent positions. His suggestion
was approved by members ot thi
board.
Foster Threatened With Ven
geance by Friends of Young
Miss Brad1'
Pembe1' ' v.,' Jan. 9. News of
the f mobile, Ala., yesterday of j
Jov - ostcr charged with violation
J of t.e Mann white slave law. created
excitement here. Summary vengeance
is threatened against Foster by resi
dents of this place. Foster is general
manager of one of the largest poultry
farms In the world located at Browns
Mills, N. J.
On December 15 he disappeared
from his home and at the same time
his stenographer, who was arrested In
Mobile with Foster, also disappeared.
The girl, Delilah B Bradley, 17
years old, is a daughter of Harry C.
Bradley, a railroad baggagemaster.
She was only a year out of school,
was an active member of the Pember
ton Methodist church and a teacher in
its Sunday school.
Foster, who is 40 years old, is the
son of T. J. Foster, head of a corre
spondence school at Scranton, Pa.
The wife and 16 years old daughter
of Foster are now at the home of his
father in Scranton.
The father of Miss Bradley is heart
broken over his daughter's escapede,
but says he will receive her if she re
turns home.
' Foster Employs Counsel..
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 9. The prelimi
nary hearing of Joel M, Foster the
wealthy resident of Browns Mills, N.
J., who was "arrested here Wednesday
charged with violation . of the Mann
white slave law, has been set for Jan
uary 14. Foster has employed a law
yer here to defend him, and it is un
derstood they will invoke in his case
the recent decision of a federal judge
In Texas who held that the intent of
the Mann, act was merely to prevent
commercialized vice.
Mlss Delilah Bradley whom Foster
Is charged with having brought here
from New Jersey today left the hotel
where the" two - were' arrested and
sought seclusion In a private boarding
house.
During their stay at the hotel the
couple were known as Mr. and Mrs.
Foster and obtained entrance into so
ciety circles of this city.
WEALTHY TAMPA MAN
Proves Innocence on Charge
Of Keeping Liquor For
. Sale..
In Police court this morning four j
defendants charged with keeping on;
hand Intoxicating liquors for sale were
called and two of the cases heard, I
while the other two were continued j
until tomorrow.
J. W. Ramsey and ' E. G. Hester j
were found not guilty or tne cnarges
and the cases against George Cathey
and J. T. Ridley were' continued.
It was brought out in evidence given
by Dr. C. P. Ambler and Mr. Hester
that the wife of the latter had been 111
nearly all the fall and died on Decem
ber 22; that the Intoxicants had been I
ordered on the advice of the physician.
Mr. Hester Is a wealthy visitor to the j
city from Tampa. I
In the case of J. W. Ramsey, the de-1
fendant admitted that he had received
the intoxicants- charged, but testified
that his family consumed all that he
ordered.
These men were arrested on war
rants charging them with violating
the statutes which says that It shall be
unlawful for any person to order more
than a stipulated amount of whiskey
or other Intoxicants In a given length
of time. . !
FOUR MEN BURNED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
Moundsvllle, W. Va.. Jan. 9. An
explosion occurred In the First street
mine of the Mound Coal company
here today. Four men. badly burned,
were taken to the Glendale hospital
nearby.
A rescue party entered the shaft
and discovered that the explosion had
been caused when a naked light had
come in contact with a pocket of gas
in an entry where only a few men
were employed. . The remainder ot the
100 miners at work were reported un
hurt. Physicians said the four injured
would recover.
FORMER SLAVE WOMAN IS
PEAU AT AGE OF 105 YEARS
Altoona. Pa., Jan. . Mrs. Chaney
Tillman, 105 years old, died hers yes
terday, fbe was born a slave near
Culpepper Court House, Va. Her lust
master was Colonel Ottoway Carter,
who freed her and all his slaves In
1161.
Soldiers So Threatening It
Was Necessary to Take
Awaya Arms.
San Diego, Cai., Jan. 9. Persons
arriving from Ensenada, Lower Cali
fornia, affirm that there has been
serious trouble in the Mexican fed
eral pirrison there. Two hundred of
the soldiers recently became so threat
ening that it was deemed necessary
to deprive them of their arms. They
were escorted by guards out of the
city eastward to the desert. They are
now roaming about the peninsula and
in many instances, It is said, have ter
rorized the ranchers.
Searching for Grant.
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 9.' Efforts were
begun today through Frederick Sim
plch, American consul at Nogales,
Sonora, Mex., to learn the where
abouts of Patrick Grant, brother-in-law
of Sidney P. Osborne, secretary
of state of Arizona and owner of a
ranch at Cullacanclte, near Cullacan.
Grant's parents reside in Los An
geles. His relatives have received no
word from him since August, and ef
forts to reach him through postal
channels have been unavailing. He
is a subpect of Great Britain.
New Coinage.
Mexico City, Jan. 9. The Mexican
government has announced its inten
tion to coin and distribute half pesos,
equivalent to ' 25 cents In United
States money to the number of 200,-
000 weekly, a measure- which it cal-
i culates will relieve the difficulties re-
suiting from the scarcity of small
change.
The mines in Mexico now sell their
silver output through a government
commission at a rate fixed by the gov
ernment. A portion of this is to be
turned Into coinage which will revert
partly to the miners in the form of
payment In coins.
Overrun Willi Refugees.
Washington, Jan. 9. Miss Mabel T.
Boardman of the Red Cross has sent
to National Director Bicknell at Lar
edo, Tex., requests for help that have
I'ome from people of Marfa, Tex. Rep
resentative W. R. Smith received mes
sages from the chamber of commerce
of Marfa stating that the community
is overrun with Mexican refugees from
Ojinaga, poverty stricken and Infect
ed with disease. Smallpox has ap
peared at Presidio, the nearest border
town. The local authorities are un
able to cope with the situation.
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Japanese Professor Declare.
His People Will Never Be
Serious Factor In
America. "
EMIGRATION TO THE
EAST IS ENCOURAGED
Says the Japanese Government
Makes It Hard For Jap .
To Emigrate to This
Country.
New York, Jan. 9. Japanese im
migrants will never become a serlour
factor In the political or economio lift
of this country, Mexico or of any othei
country of the western hemisphere,
according to Dr. Shosuke Sato. th
director of the college of agrlcultur
of the Tohuku Imperial university,
Sapporo. Japan, who Is In this country
to deliver a series of lectures at uni
versities under the auspices of the
Carnegie foundation.
Dr. Sato made this statement while
In this city yesterday. He said that
the great bulk of Japanese emigration
is to Manchuria, Korea and the more
sparsely settled islands of the Japan
ese archipelago.
"Talk about the Japanese overrun
ning Mexico or the United States, or
any country of this continent In fact,
should not be taken seriously," said
Dr. Sato. "I do not believe that the
Japanese will ever become a promi
nent or even a material factor in the
politics of the west and they certainly
win not come over here in such num-,
bers as to affect seriously the eco
nomic life of any of your nations.
They are not emigrating to the Ameri
can continent nw in- great numbers
and they never will tin so.
"The Japanese- government is en
couraging the eastward emigration
and observance of the treaty agree
ment with the United States Is dis
couraging emigration to this country..
The government Is carefully watching
which way the emlgrans go and has
made it so hard for Japanese to leave
their homes to settle in the United
States that event those who want to
come here are discouraged.
"It is only with abundant proof that
he will not settle In the United States
that a citizen of Japan can obtain a
passport to this country. I think the
government Is even too strict In "the
Issuance of passports. I have knowi
many students, for example, who
wanted to come here for only a few.
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