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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN m THE WEATHER FAIR Swum Daily Average For January VOL. XXV. NO. 106. jap question yet far from its Solution Regardless of What Leeis- o ( j 1 ltture May Do the Prol)- j Present Session Intro lem Will Remain. i dueed in Senate. EXCLUSION IS ONLY SOLUTION Intimated That the. United States is Rather Afraid Buncombe to Bond Float to Act Now. ; ing Indebtedness. nv TAV, Bpeclul Correspondent of The Citizen. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. "The Jap anese question is not settled, no mat ter what action the California leglsla ture has taken or may take. Discus slon of the subject accompanied with the usual war talk will be with us again within six months, and will continue to come Up every now and then upon a moment's notice until It ' Is settled definitely. At the request of the president, who Is anxious that this country does not get Into an al tercation with Japnn at least while he is In ofllee, the solution of the Jap anese problem haa been ptlt off or de layed. No good ever comes from put ting off until tomorrow what should bo done today." The ' speaker was Congressman Everls A. Hayes of California, who Is probably ft closer student of the Jap anese question than any other mem ber of congress. He is not only familiar with the temper of the Pacific coast residents relative to the little brown men, but also understands the president's po sition on the subject. President Roose velt and Mr. Hayes have held more thun a score of conferences on the Japanese situation within thu last two years. Knows All Aliout It. That Is why the writer usked Mr. Hayes to run the risk of being termed a "jingolst" by discussing the Japan ese question as . he understands Iti through havfhg studied It more thor-: oughly than any other member of thej 'nmerfryT '" ' 1 "There Is one way. and only one," ays Representative Hayes, "to solve the Japanese problem for good. That is for the United States to pass an exclusion law that will exclude all Asiatic laborers. The administration Is against a measure that will exclude the Japanese, because. It fears, the pride of the Japanese may be offend ed. Japanese pride would be offend ed, there Is no doubt about that. Rut we passed an exclusion law against the Chinese, and it is still being en forced. We were not afraid of hurt ing the prlile of the Chinese. Nobody ever thought of such a thing. It It is fair to the Chinese government to pass a law preventing her laborers from entering this country, why wouldn't it be fair to also keep out the Japanese. As between the Japan ese laborers and Chinese laborers, the latter are undoubtedly most liked on the Paclllce coast. They have some regard for their word. "Do we hesitate to pass a JJapanose exclusion law because we are afraid of Japan? It looks like ll. We have submitted to the Japanese not com promised at every opportunity. Tim .people of Hnn Francisco, backed up by the residents of California, declared they would not permit Japanese adults to attend their public schools and mingle In the classes with white children of tender age. The Mikado gave the national government to un derstand it would be offended if this condition was not allowed to con tinue. The United Stales gave In and told the people or San Francisco they would hnv to submit to tie- di sire of the Mikado. "Then the California legislature was about to pass static bills regulat ing Japanese within 'the state, when it became known the mikado would be offended If they were passed. The people wanted those hills passed. The Mikado didn't. The latter had his way. "We are maintaining' friendly rela tions with Japan by spoiling her. Had, we passed a Japanese exclusion law three years ago there would have been comparatively little opposition on the part of Japan to what there would be If we passed one now. It will be that much harder three years hence. "The most remarkable part of all this controversy Is that the rights the Japanese are so loudly demanding in this country are not given to any for eigner In Japan. Americans are not allowed to enter the schools of Japan; they cannot ow n real estate or engane, in mining there." I DISCUSS10H OF FORMING OF NATIONAL CURRENCY ASSOCIATIONS (By Associated Preii.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 Senator Clay's resolution calling on the sec retary of the treasury for Information In respect to the forming of national currency associations unde the emer gency currency ct of May t, ISO J. carte up for consideration in the sen ate today. Mr. Aldrich, saying that all the In formation called for was in the pos session of the senate, moved to T4 fer the resolution to the committee on finance. He added that but one such association has bn formed, that being In ths District of Columbia. SHORT SESSION STILL AGITATED IN LEGISLATURE Resolutions to Cut Short I BILLS IN INTEREST ! LABOR INTRODUCED House Passes Bill to Allow (Sj)Cclal to The Citizen.) RAI'KIQH, Feb. 2. The senate played around the early adjournment proposition some more today, Senator Killott introducing a resolution that the linunce committee be requested to make its rejnrt by February I'i, no new hills to bp. Introduced after Feb ruary 15, and Senator Fry a resolu tion fixing a limit for the Introduction of bills. A motion by the latter senator to get his resolution uwny from the com mlttee on rules wa . voted down by a good majority. Ry twenty-nine to three, the senate routed Senator Hays' measure to al low a rate of Interest as high as eight per cent in cases of special private contract. The vote followed a long debate, Senator Fry contending for the bill and Senators Doughton, Bnss- ett, Kmpie and' Hnnkins fighting It. The committee on Judiciary had turn ed it down, but it came up on a mln orlty report. The house had another day void of discussion, the third running. Much work was -disposed of, with many empty seals, and' Speaker pro-tern Morton In the speaker's chair again Chairman Howies, of the committee on federal relations, tried manfully to get the house to change its mind about the senate bill allowing the gov ernor to appoint a commission to con fer with similar commissions of other states with a vlen: toward uniform legislation by the state of the union regarding marriage and divorce, laws of descent of property and other things. The house allowed him a re consideration, of the vote by which the bill was tabled the other dav ana tnen proceeded dellDerately to knock It In the head again, after Mr Currie had declared it was utterly worthless. In vain Mr. Howie had explained that while he knew prac tically nothing of the bill, It wf Senator Manning's, and had been rec ommended, he thought, by the lair association.' I.ulmr Ijns. Representative Oram, of Davie, in troduced several bills which dmw tin attitude of the republican party in North Carolina toward organized la bor. One Is for the protection if em ployes as niemliers of labor union and makes it unlawful fur an employ er to prevent an employe from form ing, Joining or belonging to any law till labor organisation, making coerc ion or threats of discharge because ni such connection a misdemeanor pen alized by line up to one hundred dol lars or imprisonment f"r not over six months, or both. Another prevents blacklisting ol employes by providing that employer! attempting in any manner to prevent a discharged employe from obtaining employment elsewhere shall In; pun ished by fine not over live hundred dollars nor less than one humrred and be liable in penal damages to thi discharged employe. Still another makes the assigning of any claim for debt against a resl dent of this state for the purpose ol having it collected by attachment pro ceedings outside the Mate for thi sending out of the state any clnin against such person w ith Intent to de piive a resident of the right to havi personal earnings exempt from appll cation to th- payment of bis debt where creditor and debtor are in thi Jurisdiction of the coirts of this state punishable by tines of twenty to fift dollars, and persons whose earning' are so attached to have right of ac tion to recover amount attached. The other hill by Crant provide, that all towns of H.fiOO or more Inhab Hants shall maintain agencies for pro. curing employment for the unemploy ed, these local departments to report tit the state commissioner of labor ani printing. Passed Third Reading. Among the many bills passed or. fual reading by the house were thos authorising the county of Huncombi to fund its floating Indebtedness, s s: stem of regulating the registration, sale and inspectlor of condiments! (Continued on page six.) "The operating of the act." he said, "so far as 1 am aware has been of the best possible nature. It has answered its purpose." "Then." retorted Mr. Clay, 'its pur pose was not to put more money In circulation." "That waa not my statement," said Mr. Aldrich. "I made a statenu-nt that I thought was even within the comprehension of the senator from Georgta-"f Hr. Clay said he would allow the resolution to lie over so that be might speak upon It tomorrow. . ... ASHEVILLE, N. Old V4t DONF CAM If YOlNtVCR C.0M16AC TWO WEEKS OF COOPER TRAIL AND NO JURY 162 Talesmen Exennned Yesterday. Not One of Va cant Seats Filled. CHARGES AGAINST JUROR WITWORTII 'respective Juror is Exeus od Because of Engage ment to Get Married. (By Associated Preis.) NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Feb. 2. Th.e second week of the trial or Col. Dun can Cooper. Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp was completed today and the Jury box remains unfilled. The day's proceedings were wearisome and fruitier, not one of the vacant seals In the box being filled. Altogether 162 tallsmen were examined. T' very few who attempted to qualify were challenged preemptorlly by the state or defense. It Is not improbable that the fourth venire of DOO men will be exhausted tomorrow lu which event the fifth will be drawn and summoned at the hearing of the char ges against Juror J. M. Whitwotth ill be resumed. Judge Anderson of the defense arose to a question of personal priv ilege as soon as the sheriff declared the court In session. I object to a headline In the morn- Inn paper. The Tennessean, which save that 'defense attacks character of Ju ror Whitworth and the claim he per jured him.' Now this Is false. We did not ex amine Mr. Whitworth at all If we had, he might have said that he had ex pressed nn opinion. The story Itself is written Is correct, but the headline. Is cruel and misleading and we ask for redress." Conn' Opinion. The court made mi comment on the statement of counsel, but xald: "It seems to tne that we have a large venire T,o( men and that many of them huve come many miles to be examined. I suggest therefore that We postpone further Inquiry Into the Whitworth matter until we ex amine this venire." John W. Holt, one of the talesmen accompanied by a buxom woman, ap proached the bench. Holt said: Judge, I got an engagement to get married t 10 o'clock and a Jurv summons for in. What am I going to do"" "Sena on the jurv." said the court "Well. Jedge, I Ure am embarrass ed. I have been trying to get this girl to marry me for a long time and f'-el I ought to get through with it now. It s dangerous to put It off." The court teased the prospective Juror a while, then excused him. "In six months be may wish I had kept him on that Jury," commented the court. REPORT ON D. C. APPROPRIATIONS WASHINGTON., Feb. 2. The Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill which was reported to the senate to day carries total appropriations amounting to $12,02,022, a net In crease of over 12.0(10.000 more than was carried by the bill as It passed the house. The increases are largely for street Improvements. SMITH'S BKCRKTAUY. COLUMBIA. 8. C, Feb. 2. Sena-tor-lect E. D. Bmlth of Florence has appointed C. M. Galloway, news ed itor of the Columbia Bute, as his private secretary. Mr. Smith's trm begins March, 4. -. ' 0., WEDNESDW MORN 1X0. FEIHiCAKY 3, 1909. Sol's tod strong For coMMlTSjSUiciDE in greeboro, n.c, 0. I'. WwUirtli, Pi-ini- nent Citizen of Charlottee, Found Pcad in Hotel. (By Aisoclstad Prsis.) CHARLOTTE. N. C Fdb. 2 Charles V- Wadsworth, ono of the most prominent citizen In the busi ness and social life of Charlotte, com mitted suicide today In a Greensboro hotel. '-'' ' Wadsworth went to Qreonsboro Saturday on a businasa ,trlp- Iast night a stranger who had registered at tne uiegg note i uiers as a. Varne, ,,irtolfc:Whot himself through the head with a pistol, dying a few hours later at a hospital. J n suicide left no message and the only means of ideiuiiicatlon wa nn emb lem of the Charlotte chapter. Itoyal Arch Masons I .ate this afternoon a former Charlotte citizen viewed the body and identified It ns Wadsworth and this identification was finally established lo . lose friends of the dead man ho vvere wired for to go to Greensboro tonight. No ca rue (rH. 'Die broth'! ni HUi'tMV.H.'llI !'! amftswi'd -ui a popular c tn bio-incs ' ty-lwo yr:r wifV and rln 1 1 1 be assigned for the used was Willi t wo head of a large and t ess enterprise and ha I I- rahle wealth lie was n man and intliientuil les. He was about for M ami Is stirv l e. lo- a MINE EXPLOSION KILLS SEVENTEEN Mine Running oil Short Force n Death List Would I Live Mren Larger. 18 soclatiJ Preg.) BIK.MIX'.H .1. Ala., 1 . I.. :'. -J enteen in. m ; an explosion mines of th dead as the ieoil the No. J. Short i't Klrmlngliain d.ai mis morning, l-'ivi - ite and twelve nt iron co'ui,.fp the dead nr.- gro. s. The e,lo ' occurred I., i .lid Is though! t 1 I and o'i lo, h: been cause, I a wlmlv i-ieC. Tie "m miles m' H ot r:n i inghnrn .Hunt lo m r.i il- flicult of ai ' . vs. The Were takel, li.nn tie mg and the i n atei .ir tonight. The n, :in My unln.hu . il. llonneN inn n. lo-io i a ) " complin:. . -' s t i.e Birmingham lor the saster, althonei. Mho louse and Flymi bu--.e to render w hat act I to make an ilispee ' the CO llipanv del Hot ' number of men in the mi( of the aeiiilent lint u'ht that seventi ' n l i the total vere sent from Kosh-v id late tonight i -. : f 1 iti- O OUt to the 111 tale. I was running on snort i'-ath list would probs much iarKei. lines are ;i!e" on ill.- K. road and ;n BCVI nteeli I.. mines this in passages :ii i itself is i r i. i Alex. uiih r mamiKcr o first to it scene of tie Inspeetors it ried to th- they colll'l tion. (ifh. u, u knOW Hie ex. i mine nt tic thev state talitles ulll I Ambulare to the mile - Hill be lll.-l mine, he ml' force or tlo bly baie I,.. (FAIR WASHINGTON1, Feb. 1. Forecast. North Carolina Fair Wednesday and Thursday: light ...west to southwest ind. Him. SYNDICATE TO CONTROL TENN. CO. REVEALED Sdiley Gives Names of Six teen Men Who Control led Stock. WITNESS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE . , . J ells 01 Arrangement for Sale of Stotik to Steel, Corporation. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 2,- Details of the lormutlou of a syndicate to con trol the Tennessee Coal and Iron com pany and of the later negotiations for the sale of (ho majority of the stock of the coneern to the fritted Stnt.-s Steel corporation were given to day by Grant 11. Schley, of New York, a inmhr oi the New York firm ot Moore and Schley- who wss a wltners In-fore tlx- Hpcei.il committee of the senate eommiitee on Judlclury which is Investigating the president's au thorlu for permitting the merger Xovoniber- I!i07. .Mr Si hley ga . the names of the sixtei ii men who associated tliem sehes together to control tile stock He told also of the arrangement for the Hah- of the stoek. lo the steel cor poration and linleatcd iliut this was hroiiKht about through the agene ol I. I'I. rpont Morgan Co. The names of the parlies forming the iissoi iatlon ver- t:len bv Air. S. hl v as follows- it. II fawn-. I. llnnna. G. II l.hlev. J. II. Inn..-, l:. J. Ilermiiola. I U Gin... ,v N Hradv. G A Kf'- lei iiaklcign Tiiorin , who held 10, I'M shares each; K- W. Oglesb), II. H. Iilael . I I Stout .1 W. Hlmpson, wh.i in 1, ', J.'.ll shares im li: O. V l r. ii, h. en S. G. i ooper. l.T.lin, and J. , . t-toiiK. I.'moi shares. Mr Si III' i said If loans that Moor t-l Si ill- - hail on these stO' ks h o) in call. . I bv the hanks It (oiild not told what would hale resulted. MURDER TRAIL IS TO BEGIN TODAY T. .Jones, Wealth v Plan ter. Charged With Poison ing Beautiful Wife. I'NIi.X. C. i'eb 2. The cele brated murder case of V T Jones, u ver. wealthy planter of this county ( barged with poisoning his beautiful uife lust Jul, begins lure tomorrow morning. Mm-h extraordinary and . risational evidence is expected, as an iii'i'iest witness te-dified that Jones had caused his wife through her ab ject fear of him to make Improper proposals on different ocCJtfiWn to one prominent white man, a lifelong friend, and two negroes, while num erous seemingly well authenticated reports, which it Is understood wlt-neom-s will untlfy tomorrow, are thai June forced his wife, entirely jnude to appear IWore a crowd of negroes and threatened to kill her. A pretty girl may also figure prominently in the .case. Ovr two hundred witnesses have been summoned. IS OPPOSED TO ANTI-JAPANESE LEGISLATION Committee on Kxeeutive Communications Reports Cnfavoralilv. ANOTHER HILL IS REPORTED FAVORARL Count Hattori Declares that .Japan's Dignity Has Been Injured. (By Aaaoolstsd Press.) SACRAMENTO. Calif., Keb. 2. Another was added today to the antl alien and aut I -Japanese bills that will be a Bpeclal order of business in the assembly; tomorrow. drove U Johnson, ohairman of tho commltlne on the Judlt-lary, reported favorably his measure specifying "Jnpansso" In the law segregating Mongolians an! Indians In the public schools. It wo tho attempted Injection of this word "Japanese" in the statute that caused President Hnoacvelt two weeks ago to ask Governor Glllett to stop anti-Japanese legislation. In tho senate the commJtteo on ex ecutive communications eportud on the recent message of Oovornor Ulllet, dealing with the subject of Japanese legislation. The report advises against thn passage of any of these, measures, declaring It to bo the sense of ths committee that such action would bv unconstitutional. " The report of ths committee fol lows: "We llrmly believe that legislation of this nature Is a menace to tho welfare of our country. It Is true that our population Is composed 'if people from all nations of the globs. To single out any particular nation would bring us Into conlllet with the constitution of the United Stntss and render us ridiculous in the eyes uf the nation. "Whatevor Is done to restrict Japan ese Immigration should come through ths federal government, Thi matter Is notions In which our own tntor- eats alnns. ar' Involved hut oimm In vvMcH the wH0t ttrttloff It Interested," aooit Ktnuixv him r'AHHON. Nov., Feb. i'. The as sembly of the Nevada legislature this afteriionii adopted the autl-Japanese resolution directed to the Callfprnltt legislature after If. has been so amend d that all rference lo President Itoosevell had been eliminated. The resolution will go to the senate tomorrow. Assemblyman Dodge Introduced a resolution today asking that a fleet of warships be maintained In l'aciflo waters, as "citizens bf Asiatic coun tries with whom we cannot mingle on terms conductive to our Interests, arc rapidly becoming a menace, to Our pence and prosperity, mainly from tho want of proper naval protection. OHIO. Feb 2. Hpeaklng before the bmer bouse of the diet todftf, Foreign Minister Komiira outlined tho foreign policies of Japuu In a care fully worded speech delivered before a full sin! nUentlvo boose. The opmi Ing sentence gave the Key note of the entire speech when Count Koni- ii i a said: "The foreign policy of the empire should have us an object the muln- t'-nam v of pence and the develop ment of national resources." Th- foreign minister's speech was received villi applause by tin- gov. -rnmeiil e'.e of the house but Count lluttori. mi opposition m'-mh'-r. 1m- ni'dlatelj lagan a hitter and sensa tional atliM k on the foreign pulley nf the gov i ninent. He said that Japan had no determined foreign pell, las and that this was shown by her recent attitude toward Amerlea. wln-re Jap anese were denied an cijual opportu nity and w-re even unused by Amer icans. The re. ' lit eve hail proVitd that the anti-Japanese sentiment In America bad not subsided. The speaker attacked pa it ir ula rly th- r ently con' lii'P d agreement between Japan and Ain'-ti'-a, mi y I rig lo- believed tho Japan' foreign oftn e wm forced by tin- Amerbsn government to sign th'- iiKteemen' lii order to prevent iomp. lit ion by th- Japutit'so on the I'll' III.' coast. He ileeliirt.'l that Jspan'h dignity had o n injured thereby and h- passional' ly or' d th'- government to en!"" e Ho pnnctpl" of eioial opport unltv whl. h alone would solve tin- question of Ihe rights of Japaiie." in foreign countries. He said th.it even the pr.i.l-nt of one country hud denied tin rinht 'n travel, a riKh' which was theirs by treaty. "'mint Huttorl's ape.h was (Contlnuid on page four.) SAYS BRANDENBURG FORFEITED BAIL BECAUSE (By Associated Press.) NEW VnltK. Keb. 2 A statement justifying his failure to respond to the calling of his name In court to answer to the charge f grand larceny was given out today by Jiroughton Brand enburg, the writer, through his wife. Brandenburg, who is wanted in con nection with the selling to The New Tork Times of an article which rep resented as having been written by tbs lats Orover Cleveland, but which. PRICE KITE TENTS. QUESTIONS OF WHITE HOUSE AUTOS DEBATED Senate Amendments Disa greed to and Hill iH Sent to Conference. DANOEROUS METHOD OF TRAVEL, ONE SAYS No Danger of Taft Riding US Miles in Day, Declares Clark. . (Bv Aaaoelatirt Prsaa.) nlrnblllty of purchasing autmnobllon for the white house was tho bona) ot contention In the house today when Mr. Tawnoy, of Minnesota, called up the urgent deficiency appropriation , bill and umvid that the senate amend'' mouts im disagreed to and a, con fur enue asked. In defcronos to ths wishes of President-elect Taft tha bill as It passed tho houss carried lit appropriation of 111,006 for auto mobiles, hut the senaW struck out that provision. - Mr. . Rartlett Oeor' gin) wanted that amendment voted oa separately, remnrKtnf that he- was lit. favor of it. Mr. Clarg (Missouri), th minority leader, and Mr, 81ms (Tenc- tv'ssee) supported his contention with the result that ths opportunity they desired was afforded. The incoming preside," said Mr . Tuwney, with a signincant smtls, "Us aires to abandon thai use ot horse for reasons which you can alt under" stand." ' -. - - While declaring that h was not op posed to granting the preslndent au tomobiles, Mr. Clark sakl hs did not favor appropriating money for both horses and automobiles, ... "it Is an extmordmary sum to spend," said he. t He though Mr, Taft Would not Bead horses "as mtieb, a th o'elebratsd eiiuegtrlun Occupying - , ths wslte hotise. ' H uld then Was ot th allghti'Sl diuigerr (hut President Taft would ever rldo ninitty-clght miles In one day. ons wesj or one month. '. iirnate riprcacis. , ,Tha Incomliif president,'" said Mr and Mri Tawnoy as uile the targut for a volley if o,uestlMit as to what ITUUIU UI'lSirHIB - -vi Wlioo - SDliai horses If the automobiles war au thorized. ; ' "Hold, I presumo," responded, Mr. Tawnoy. . ,, , A wave of laughter swept over tha house when Mr. Clara inquired if ths pn nent -wite house stables were td bs transformed Into a "garrldge" or a "gurraje." . , i In a vigorous pee:h In support 0( the senate amendment Mr. 'BlmS, of Tennessee, sn Id he did not favor ths" automobile as a means of trnvel In a great city. Mr. TaTt, he deelafsd, was ileiiiiinillng the adoption of a daii'erous method of travel not only to himself but to cltisens, "Let as lie bold," he exclaimed, "and vot down this thing." He asserted that Mr. Taft while a man tit large build could ride a horse and could get Into a carriage, if the carriage platform was not big enough, he said. It could be made so- "W" already have hnllt him suets a platform," commented Mr. Mann, of Illinois, amid laughter. "lint you are trying to got (lira off that platform." responded Mr. Hlms. Tin amendment by the senate atriklng out the automobile provision nui disagreed to 27 to H5, and ths bill, after all other amendments had been reject' 0, was sent to conference, Mes-rs. Tawney (Minnesota), Vree land (New Vork), and Livingston ((ieorgla), being appointed managers on the part nf ths house. VEGGMEN ENTER A SALISBURY STORE (spoHal to The Citizen.) SM.iy III l: V. Keb 2. fly the use of d ii unite, the grocery store of D. M. Miltei In Salisbury was blown o;ven shortly alter midnight this mornlnef and the premises robbed by unknown partu s. Th" explosion was heard by residents or that section of Ihe city, hut no attention was given until ths dlw oietv at opening. The door was blown to pieces and the loeks muttered In all directions. A rlil", a Bmall amount of money an J other valuables were taken and ths robbers escaped without detection. A reward has bwn offered for the thief. HE HAD NO FUNDS was subsequently declared spurlou by Mrs. Cleveland and others, gives sa his reason for forfaiting his ball ths fact that he Is without funds with, which to retain handwriting and other -jipcrts to refute ths expert testimony to be offered by prosecution. As soon' as he has obtained money enough to cover the cost of such expert testi mony, hs declares lo his statement, hs will return and faca trial. - -
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