THE ASHEULLE CITIZEN M
jniE WEATHER
'RAIN.
Sworn Daily
Average
for J1WUJU7
VOL. XXV. NO. 118.
-"A8HEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MOKNINU. FKHUUARY 15 IflOD.
PUIC.K FIVE CENTS.
It Has Us Guessing
STORM CAUSES
LOSS OF LIFE
OUTLOOK BAD
FOR REVISION
OF THE TARIFF
CONGRESS HAS
TO HUSTLE TO
IAFT CABINET
PRACTICALLY
DECIDED UPON
All But Treasury Portfolio
Which May Go To
llerriek.
AND PROPERTY
FINISH WORK
Sweeps Down From Middle
West Through the
Southern State3.
Chaotic Condition of Affairs
in House Likely to Cause
a Long Delay.
Appropriation Bills in Dan
ger of Being I. eft
on Files.
WIRES ARE DOWN;
REPORTS MEAGER
Several Are Known to Be
Dead, and Many Others
Badly Injured.
(By Associated Prsss.)
CLEVELAND0 Feb. 14. One of
the most evere sleet storms experi
enced In several years today paralyzed
the telegraph, telephone and trolley
wires and seriously interfered with
railway traffic throughout northern
Ohio. Hundreds of telegraph and
telephone poles are down. The steam
lines weer hampered by the dispatch
. rs being unable to communicate with
train crews. The damage to wire
equipment has been large, and it will
require many days to restore .the
normal condition. Many villages are
In darkness as a result of damago to
the illuminating wires.
TWO ARE KILLED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala..Veb. 14. Iu
formatlon has Just been recei-wed in
Birmingham that two were killed and
seven badly Injured at West Point.
Miss., this afternoon as the result of
a heavy windstorm which passed over
that section ot the state.. The in
formation comes here through Merid
ian and wire connection failed before
details could be secured. It is stated
that one of the dead is the mother of
a Western Union operator at Merid
ian. 1 2
The storm appears to have been
great over Mississippi and Alabama
this afternoon and tonight. An un
confirmed report hero is that one per
son was killed at York, Ala. The
wind at Birmfngham was accom
panied by a heavy rain, which con
tinued late luJ.o the night.
SEVEUK IS VICKSBCIWJ.
VICKSBURG, Miss., Feb. 14. The
moat severe storm of rata and wind
experienced here In years prevailed
for half an hour this afternoon, caus
ing a property loss estimated at $10.
000. The office of The Vlcksburg
Herald was unroofed and a number of
business houses sustained minor dam
age, while In the suburban sections
of Vlcksburg property was completely
wrecked In some Instances. Several
negroes are reported to have been In
jured when their cabins were demol
ished. blew down ciirnnf.
LEARNED, Miss.. Feb. 14. A storm
struck this place from the northwest
about 2 o'clock this afternoon with
terrific force, blowing down a negro
church, killing Dick Harris" wife and
one child of Maggie Bennett and In
juring eight or ten. About seventy
five persons were In the building at
the time. If It hd tot been for the
arched celling they would all prob
ably have been killed.
TOKNAIM) IN Alt KANSAS.
(By Associated Press.)
STEPHENS, Ark , K. I. 14. What
is known as the railroad reservation,
a residential district of Stephens, wa
swept early today by a tornad ), th
most severe of years, wliieh ap
proached from the southwest and af
ter cutting a path several hundred
yards in width, moved northeastward
In tho pathway of the .storm a
number of small structures were
wrecked. No rastilatb n oc curred in
Stephens, although several persons
barely escaped Injury. While only
the most meagre reports have been
received as yet from the surrounding
country. It Is probable that tin prop
erty damage will tie large. Among
the buildings damaged was the Meth
odist ctaureh and annex.
FLORIDA HOTEL BURNS DRIVING
TWO HUNDRED GUESTS FROM BEDS
(By Associated Press.)
DAYTONA. - Fla.. Feb. 14.- The
Hotel Clarendon at Seabreeze, one. u
the largest n sort hot Is o,i the east
coast, togtber with ten rot-agon ad
Joining the house,, were loUiMy de
stroyed by lire at 5.30 n clock this
morning, the two hundred and lift' ' n
guests, who were asleep nt the time
being saved without injury, and mnnj
being able to gather up most of th I;
belongings. When the blaz- was firs',
discovered the night clerk rushed the
help to each room notifying jruests
who made their way hurrldly to tht
streets. At one time the blaze ap
peared to be under contioi. hut th.i
wind shifted and It broke out anev
and In less than thn -quarters of ar.
hour the entire building was burned
The ten cottages, owned by H. It.
Kockersperger. caught from sparks,
and all were burning at the same
time.
The hotel help was panic-stricken
and the clerks could do nthlng with
them, one woman biting the clerk or.
the hand. THe hotel was a wooder
structure valued at $200,000 and was
Insured for about forty per cent.
. Th streets about the hotel were
INTERPRETING THE
PLATFORM NOT EASY
Insurgents May Cause Trou
ble by Their Demands
for Amendments. ,
(Special to The Citizen.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Tho out
look for early tariff legislation follow
ing the inauguration of President
Taft on March 4 Is not at all encour
aging, according to the present view
of party leaders In congress. Devel
opments of the past week have served
as an estoppel to the prediction that
congress will have finished the job
and left Washington by tho middle
of July. From, present Indications,
the statesmen will be lucky if they
are enabled to spend Thanksgiving
day t their several homes.
The republican party has never bo-
fore undertaken tariff legislation Wlfh
so little unanimity of opinion as ex
ists today. This does not necessarily
indicate that there is unwillingness
on the part of any party leaders to
shirk the pledge of tariff revision
contained in the natlonul plutform of
last year, '
Interpreting Platform.
The crux of the tariff plank of tho
platform upon which Mr. Taft was
elected Vas th declaration that "In
all tariff legislation the true princi
ple of protection is best maintained
by the imposition of such duties as
will equal the difference between the
cost of production at home and
abroad, together with a reasonable
prollt to American Industries." Can
didate Taft endorsed this plank in a
speech at Columbus. O., and if con
gress Is to carry out tho spirit of
the platform utterance It must or.
termlne, first, the difference in cost
of production at home and abroad
and second, what Is a reasonable
profit to American Industries.
C lash of Opinion.
It requires no especial discernment
to see that here la opportunity for as
many different opinions, almost, as
there are men In congress. It Is gen
erally understood around the capltol
that the republican members of the
ways and means committee are wide
apart In their views as to the form
tariff legislation should take. It goes
without saying that there will be still
wider differences in views In the house
Uself. By no means all the tariff
students In the house hold nt'snbof
ship on the ways and means commit
tee. The republican leaders would like
to agree on a program which would
permit of the bill being reported out
of commjttee to the house within a
day or two after tho extra session
convenes, limit debate In the house
to not more than two weeks, pass
the measure, and send it on to the
senate. But they are not strong
enough to put through such a pro
gram. "f
Each Claims nights.
The constitutional provision that
measures for raising revenue shall
originate in the house has In the past
been observed more in the letter than
in the. spirit. On some of the for
mer bills the bouse committee, after
conducting extensive hearings, has
framed up and put through tho bouse
a bill which was not much more
than a dummy. It Is In the senate
that the schedules have been given
exhaustive consideration and whipped
Into final shape. This was true of
the Wilson bill and the Dlngloy bill,
tho two most recent general tariff
measures passed by congress.
This year there Is a strong senti
ment In favor of the house perfecting
lis bill. and. while the right of the
senate to "concur with amendments"
is conceded, sentiment is decidedly
adverse to allowing the upper house
to be the real framer of the tariff.
(Continued on page three.)
stacked with trunks, suit crises, bed
ding, furniture, etc. The management
is making every effort to take care of
the many gnosis.
When tho fire alarm wis sounded
in Daytona hundreds of pcisons from
le-re rushed across the rir to S'-a-hreer.e
but even. with fhi" additional
help the fire could not be cheeked.
The lire wan discovered by the link
ers, who were just going to work. It
originated in the coal bins under the
kitchen, and at first it seemed that
the fire extinguishers would do the
work, hut there was some difficulty
In getting the water faucets to work
ing, and seeing that the tire was be
yond control the guests were notified
tn run for their lives.
Twelve extra policemen were called
out and they did excellent work. The
i roof of the Cherokee, home of Mr.
Kochersperger. raugbt front sparks,
snd but for the heroic efforts of Mr
Gibson, a u.'st of the Seaside. Inn.
and others, who cl imbed to the roof,
it would have been destroyed. The
Clarendon was Just beginning tree sea
son, which pro ml red to be It' most
prosperous. Every room In the big
hotel was engaged.
4
t ?m MLE55 W , - fill
ill) ' ' :t , , J!--' fill it -
COW CAUSES FATAL
WRECK JFJREIGHT
Train Falls from Trestle to
Ground Thirty Five Feet
Below. -
(By Associated Press.)
BATON HOIK5E, La Feb. 14. OnO
man was killed and six injured, at
least one of the maftally wlie na south
bound freight train on the Louisiana
Hallway and Navigation compuny'a
line was wrecked at Montecene bridge,
four mile s north of Union llouge, tit
9.30 o'clock this morning.
Bud KobertKon, a negro brakeman.
Is dead and H. II. Hrlre, conductor,
of Alexandria, La sustained Injuri-s
lironounoud fatal.
The othor injured are: S. N. Anch
backer, engineer of New Orleans: Jes
sie James, fireman of Baton llouge;
Ed Donogue, section foreman of Alex
andria. La.; Tom Hamilton, brakeman
of Burtvllle, La ; Sam Goings, steam
shovi I operator of Baton Rouge.
At a point about fifty feet north of
the trestle spanning Montecene cree
the tender of the engine which was
running backwards struck a cow. The
engine plunged from the trestle car
rying with it tno entire train of cars
to the ground bei iw, a distance of
thirty-live feet.
Ten freight cars ami an eoual num
ber of dirt cars were plied upon -ach
other in a mass of splintered wreck
ace. NIAGARA FALLS
ALMOST PUT OUT
OF COMMISSION
N I A n A R A FAI.IH. Feb. 14 Only
imy mulct, not deep nor switf
enough to carry a pulp log over the
brink, is (lowing over the American
Side of Niagara Falls A strong north
cast wind which has blown since Fri
day, has held back the water and al
lowed the ice to gain ayToothold.
A great wall of lee run from the
bead of Coat Island to the American
mainland through which only tiny
streams are able to trickle. This wall!
has even encroached on the Canadian
channel, extending out some 200 feet
beyond the third Sister Island and !
greatly diminishing the flow over the j
Horsesl Only the very apex of the
Canadian fall is left, and that Is rob-:
bed of half Its How. The gorge be-!
low is "hoked and the rapid havr lost'
their fury, while the whirlpool is
barely In motion.' j
This Is only ile third time that!
this combination of wind and Ice has:
thus affected the falls since the white:
man came hen-. The other occasions
were March 2, IMS. and March 22, j
190:;.
cci.i vi; to.MiNt;.
WASIIINHTON. Feb 14. Much
colder weather is indicated for to
morrow In the ;ulf states and the
Ohio valley, and .Monday night arid
Tuesday m the Atlantic stales. Cold
wave warnings have beenv ordered by
the wea'her bureau Tor the Ohio and
middle and lower Mississippi valleys
WAflm.VOTON. Feb. 14. Forecast ',
for North Caroltnar Rain Monday,
colder in west portion; Tuesday fair
much colder; moderate to btlst sinth
srest t nertharesfwlnda.
Lincoln; honored
by blue and grey
Joint Exercises in Atlanta
Participated in by G. A.
R. and U. C V.'s
fy Associated Press.)
ATLANTA,-a-. rb. 14 VUcruns
of the opposing armies In, the great
fllct between -the state those who
wore the gray as well as those who
wore the blu--Jolned tonight In pity
ing honor to the memory of Abraham
Lincoln. Exercises commemorating
the one hundredth anniversary of the
.birth of the martyred president held
hi Trinity Methodist church, were
participated In by the members of O.
M. Mitchell post No. 1. Grand Army
of the Republic, United Confederate
veterans, Bona f Confederate vetor
Bps, an,, VnlUt&
Slate army. -
General Clemens A. Kvans, commander-in-chief
of the t'nlted Con
federate veterans, delivered tho open
Ins prayer, while Col. T. II. Jones, of
Wheeler's cNMilrjvread Mr. Lincoln's
favorite poem. "O, Why Should Ilia
Kplrlt di" Mortal Be Prowl."
Lincoln's C itysburg address was
read by Hrlg. en. J- W Scully. II.
8- A., retired.
ltev James W lyr. I) li. pastor of
Trinity church and a native Georgian
delivered the address of the evening.
Dr. Ies touching tribute to Lincoln
brought tears to the eyes of the Im
mense gathering.
At the clos. "f the exercises the an
dlcnce. led hi the prominent veterans
of two armies present. Joined In sing
ing "My t oiiniry, 'TIs of Thee "
WOMEN TO DRIVE
AUTO CARS WITH
PROFESSIONALS
(By Anoelstsd Press.)
NEW n:l.i:AN8, Feb. 14. -In I Im
first championship automobile rue-j
open only I" vvomen ever run. Mrs
Joan X'-v, n ' 'unco. of Idchmond
Hill, Look l-l.Mid, and Miss Aliw Tot
ter, of KIkiii 111., will rn.et for the
championship of Amerli s during the
Mardi Vnis iced carriiwil to occur
here under l: auspices of the New
f"rlranx Aul
20, 21 h n 1 ' .
a Vamh'i bill
ti r a hitfh
Moth r II
fame at Hi"
ritcln iiit-.n,
or tnirinr
on lrc i hi r
n,'ibllo Huh. rVbriiitr
Mra, (nrii ih to ln.
- ip ra'T an'! M Im 1'ot -'ver
rarlriK eur
woman have wnii
("(ring: uln-M of Mj;
f-llft. but alwuvK in mm
'if' 'Wta. In pr;if '
nankin both h-iv-- coor
mark for th" nul
racPB on the proKt-wn
viinpn lri i-rs if th'
i aofl M th f 'tin' o' h i v
' In nv rv cv(:nl on
rca r tfic mi
All tw MV
Tf open r -x
h r to ( fl f ?
ttiHd'1 In r
) he proicm rii '
ll)U: KiV- v
huiifln-( fni
.Whin
whlrn h'r ht n lit;
fomp'!fi in ill'- of"
world 'hnrnpiorirthip
Kolxartnuri, tin- 'ti
nrir; s w ix Jtf.iriL'
Kalph lo ri'nia and oth-m f
There is
three day-.'
most Hiiccc-
ry Indication that II.'
et will be one of lb.
i ever held m tin I'm
WANT KENTUCKY TO
ABOLISH LIQUOR
LOriSVII.l.F. Ky., Feb. 14.- Ken
tucky. second llo,uor pro ln- 'nif taie
In tho I'nion. and up to this tluo un
scathed by ii state-wide p-ohlbi:lon
fight, will hV the battlefield for the
declaration of total prohibition, from
Tuesday, February I, forward. On
that day the Antl-Baloon League and
kindred temperance forces will inert'
In Louisville and the up shot of the
meeting will undoubtedly be the pass
ing of resolutions calling on Covernor
Wlllson to summon the legislature In
extra session for the consideration of
a state-wide bin, or forunlfrm
county local option embracing cities
of the first and second class?.
DAUGHTER MARRIED
MOTHER'S SPOUSE
Couiis Valentine Reveah
Strange Domestie Corn pit
cations in Family.
(By Associated Press,)
ST. JOHEPH. Mo., IYb. 14. Ill the
probablu fatal shouting of William
Bmlth, a carpenter, over a comic val
ontlne, there came to light a Strang.'
domestic entanglement. "Mrs. Cora
Smith," who tired the shot at Smith
told the police that she was married
to Smith, knowing that her mother
was already his wife. The three had
I'ved together for years, the man pos
ing as the husband of both mother
and daughter. The daughter, who Is
twenty-two years old, sent Smith a
comic valentine yesterday. Bmlth be-,
Cfttno angry ' when h' received M
packed up hfs clothes and starlet! to
li nve. Thinking he was golnw to.
desert her, the daughter wife shot
hlin. The mother wife say she was
innrrled to Smith secretly In 1002 and
o,,k her fifteen-year-old daughter by
a former husband to live with her
and Smith. A year after the mar
riage, Mb says, her daughter ond
Smith fell In love with each other,
and the mother made her husband
marry her daughter without gi'ltlrig a
illume, thinking that no one knew of
the former marriage.
"Mrs. Cora Smith" was arrested
She will lie held pending the result
in Smith's wound -
GLENN SCORES
GEWGAWSt RUM
AND FRIVOLITY
Al fll'STA, a . Fib. 14 Kx-iov-i
rnor It H. ' 1 1 i r . or North t'arollntl
poke today before one of the largest
ongreK i: Ions ever seen In the First
Presbyterian horcb here, ofi mis
sions. Cow rnor Ulenn's address was
i lib lly upon home missions, and be
bfoiiKhl to the attention of the eon-gri-giitlon
ariiny Interesting facts galh
eri d by Into for these talks
He told or the drunken women he
b;id seen upon Hie streets of our large
(ill's, arid of the crimes committed
I v the 'a omen of this country.
lie slat, d lh.it sixty per cent of the
(alien Hoirpn in this i ountry got their
b lilnnin Trorn whiskey lie dwelt
upon, to a large extent, th" vlcen of
tin siurns of the great cities, le also
vUldlV d. plefcd the life ,,t the moon
tainiers 1 rr lie district Islweeii I'enli
s. Kaui.i ;itid Norlh Carollno Tho ad
(JresH was riuiyliided by statistics up
- u th. iiioounf of money spent In the
I'mt'd Slates for chewing gum. oft
n'nnss. th"ntr. ticket", feathers foi
laiU-M' bills, els., which amounted to
about 1 1 , 1 ! n oun .000 'iovernor filenn
siai' , ib.it on'v io.000.O00 had been
I'lv.-n in the last yi ar for missions
Aft.r III - 'address a collection was
ink' ii It amounted to nearly H.OOfl
r;oveneir i;lori I' iivh Augusta for
the jn rtfii Missionary movement
I. bru.'irv II to I s, tn Mlrrningiiam
Al.i . ov.-r which he will preside
I IFTY-TWO IWHIIF.H
t TAKKN KIIOM WftECK
(By Aolled Press.)
4 WF.LLINOTON. N. Z.. Feb.
4 14. Fifty-two bodies have
been recovered from the
wrecked steanvr Penguin of
th Union Steamship company
of Wellington, whk.ll want on
ths jocks Friday night off
( ape TerawhJtl. Rhc of those
aboard the 4Tenguln are unac-
counted for. In all, the pasv
sengera and crew numbera4
about one hundred.
s
iSKNATE FAR HK11IND
ON ITS CALENDAR
No Further Attempt Will bo
Made to Confirm Nom
inations Ileld Up.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHlNOTOtf. ,Feb. 14. During
Ihe present week congress will give
all possible attention to appropriation
hllla na It has become a necessity
that both houses should act promptly
If the ineasures are to become laws
In the few days left of the present
congress. The senate will U!;e up the
naval bill on Monday and after that
the postofflce bill.
The senate Is an far behind In the
consideration of tlue meusitres that
night aesslons will soon become a ne
cessity, and even with the many hour
that such sessions will add, 'I will be
dlflleult tu get the bills through. The
housnla In better shape with respect
tn H.,1.. . ...... u... I
unjr iiiwuiv! uui nan 'lltfu
time to spare.
Work on the Indlnn bill will be r
sumort Monday and that measure will
be kept herore the house ualll llnally
disposed of. It will be follow nd either
by the consular and diplomatic bill or
the fortification appropriation bill. If
the river and harbor maintenance and
emergency bill la reported during the
week It will follow.
It Is p robs hie that the senate will
give early attention to the aiuullan
boundary waterways treaty and Ui
Newfoundland treaty. The waterways
agreement la now Jefore the commit
tee on foreign relations.
Will Jsmhmi of Treaties.
Tho prospect Is good that all oppO';
nents of the treaty, except Senator
Hmlth of Michigan will cease to stand
In ihe way of favorable action an 1
there I still some hope of disposing
of It before the adjournment of the
session. The Indications are that tha
Panama and Columbia treiulei may
not be disposed of until after March
4, Tha nominations to which there
are objections also will wo oyer, with
the result that Mr. Taft will have an
opportunity to fill the places with men
of his own selection.
The house tomorrow will consider
the hill giving separate ntu'chood to
New Mexico and Arizona and the In
dications are the measures will bo
passed by that body befor i the dnv
rinses. The prospects for 'he bill in
the senate are by no means good.
Tho hill removing the constitutions'
obstructions In the way of Honato.
Knox's becoming e retiirv of state
probably will be favorably iicled'upun
h the house this week, Cndenlubb'
some of the members, esp clslly of
Ihe democratic side, conrlder the
measure objectionable, but they htive
practically agreed to plnce no serious
obstruction In the way. The will not
make a party Issue of th" bill, but
some of them, notably Mr. Ilnrdwlck
of (leorgla. will make speeches It
which the minority party's objections
will bo prenenled. With these state
minis of their views 1'ie.y will allow
the bill to pass.
ABDUCTED GIRL TO
BE BROUGHT HOME
8v ascia4rt Pre.)
PITTHTimiO, Feb. H - Through the
Intervention of Benstor Knox, 'the
state department has taken up ths
case of Krnestino Moore, a Pittsburg
girl, fifteen years old,, abducted from
home and. deserted In Hlelly, and haa
cabled Ambassador Orlseom at Home
to have her provided for until funds
can reach her. The deserted girl is
a daughter of J. P. Moore of 414 Arch
street, Northslde. Hhe disappeared
on January 2. was traced to Near
York and thence to Gibraltar In com
pany with a I reek who had been liv
ing hern. At (llbraltar all trace of
her was iost till a letter was recelvmd
stating thai she ban tmrni oesnrted
and was "penniless in tho earth'iuake
stricken district at AugustaT' Hkily.
Hhe asked for funds to enublo her to
return home.
MEN ARE AUCTIONED OFF IN CHURCH
TO SECURE PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
8pcll to Ths -Citlisn.l
NF.W YolIK. Feb. It. In order to '
llnd work for men who w -re out ,i
employrro nt K. T. oivuiKhliii and
others am Honed ofr thirty- ive i,i(,
hodled men at the rarksl'le Crosby-
terlan church. Ilrooklyn. Friday night.
Th" church w par ked to witness the
novel sight. j
Immediately following the opening.
remarks by ltev. Dr. John '). Long,
pastor of the church. Mr. o'lughlln,:
who acted as "auctioneer." mounted
the pulpit end said that th" meeting:
had been railed for the ourposn of;
"selling" men to tho hlghent bidder. 1
"These men want work; they lon't ;
want charity. They went work to buy
food and clothing. They are not ho
boes." There waa an expectant craning of
necks from many curious people and
a silence broken only by sobs from
women present, then while the organ
ist played "John Brown' Body." th
thirty-five masked men mar-hed qui
etly up tha aisle and took places en
WILL JOIN THE
MASONIC ORDER
1
Rare Honor to Be Conferred
Upon Him by the Great ;
Fraternity. .
(By Associated Praia.)
CINCINNATI, O., rub. 14 Mr.
and Mrs. Taft -arrived In tha horn
city of the president-elect from Pan
sma and New Orleans In a driving
rainstorm this morning. At noon to
morrow (bey will leave for Washing
ton. The trip to Washington haa km-
portiuic, Inasmuch as Us primary ob
ject relates to tha report of (ha engin
eers who accompanied Mr, Taft to
Panama, The content of tha report
rave been fore cawed, tha : feature
bring a strong endowment of tha
present canal plana, , and . tha com
mendation of the onranlaatlotk under
Colonel Uoethals and ' recommenda
tions tending to show that whatever
error has boen mad haa bean on tha
side of unneceasary precaution for
safety, r i
While In Wushlngton Mr. Taft
pert to have conference with Bnna
tor Knot and with others whoa ad
vice ha values, rolatjva to cabinet p
I olntitwtits, t
, rabiiwt ciosip.
Tha cabinut gossip which ) jri ud
td as the most reliable, ami atkted
v Ith the undtrstandlng that Mr, Taft
has diired he would reaerv tho
right to deny all coblnot urgestion
Is that po on haa bean determined
upon for th treasury portfolio... Sen -stor
Kttua and Frank H. Hitchcock
bav lieen asked and on pled tht po
sltlon of secrstary et atatA "nd post
master g nerl. i, Aa ' t - ttiiN' othar
places, uticonllrmnd rumor, with, a
fair percentage of tlltellhood for cor'
rwctness make tha eablnat of Mr. 5"aft
as rnll;twi ' ' A ttorney general, Mr.
WlekershanVof New York! secretary
t.f war, Mr KVrjthti of Tenneaaeet '
secretary- of the navy,' Mr, Mayer, of
Msssachuietta; secretary of th Inter
ior, Mr. llalllnger, of : Washington
state; secretary of agriculture, Mr. ,
Wilson, of Iowa: secretary of eomi
merce and labor, Mr. Nsgrl of Mia'
sourl. i
Herk-k Mar Ort n-o.
It Is the general understanding that
Mr. Tan wishes to fill tha trsaaury
portfolio either from Illinois or Ohio,
Miould the appointment go to Ohio
ihe mmi Is the honor wilt fall t '
Myron T. lierfick.
Ano.iicr matter of consultation
whlcli will be taken up In Washing 7
ton, win re Mr. Tuft will remain until .
1 in-siliiy afternoon will be hi
liiaugursl address. The speech haa
bun outlined and will be submitted
foi criticism.
on bis return hera -Thursday Mr.
Ta r I will he made a Mason "on
night." an honor .rarely conferred by
the Masonic order. On Friday ha haa
a private dinner engagement with tha
rounders if th Taft Cltlsen club of
this city, and Haturday he wilt (eava
for Philadelphia not to return hera
mill after his services as president
may conveniently permit."
ML HVUj BKTTKR.
SAVANNAH, Oa , Feb. 14 Tha
condition of Dr. William T. Bull, tha
famous physician who la now tn Ha
vnnnah fighting for his Ufa against
cancer, was sush today that ha waa
able to take a long automobile rid.
Dr. Hull visited portion of th auto
mobile race eoura, ' jj
c.-iiiLDAno ii' coh VEfmoir.
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baton iiotrrjE, La., Feb. H
Oovrrnor J. Y. Saunders of Louisiana
has Issued a call for a convention to
be held In New Orleans on Mach 21,
30 and 31 for tho purpose of taking
action looking to the establishment
of uniform child and women labor
laws and the possible betterment of
conditions In thl connection through
out the South.
the platform on either side and back
or the pulpit. Home of them wera
white-haired men, but tha majority
aiipeared to be strong and vlrll
youths.
While railed a sale the vheme waa
a benevolent plan to got Job for tha
men.
Tho first called up waa No. 11.
When he wa offered, a man In tha
audience asked If he could wrlt.
Heing told he could not h bid 111
per week for the young man. A
baker arose and offered lie and thrna
loaves of bread each day and th
young man waa struck olt to him
amid great hand clapping.
This waa tha ' beginning. Y Other
were offered and underwent physical
Inspection of their arm and muscle
at the hand of the prospective pur
chaser, Th sale continued, employ
er bidding off such labor as they
needed at front HO to J5 per wek
until th whole number had been
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