THE WEATHER FAIR VOL. XXV. NO. 160. Debate onTarffwIll Probab ly be Shut off Thursday by Majority CONCESSIONS ON HIDES AND LUMBER Committee In Session all day Prepares many Amend ments to Schedules. (By Associated Press.) WASHIXOTON, March 28. The tariff situation In the house is no nearer a solution tonight than slncr the' opposition to various schedules developed among republicans several days ago. Speaker Cannon conferred with President Taft tonight at the white house regarding the situation and the ways anil means committee was in session throughout the day. Tho committee decided upon numerous amendments which will be offered to the bill. Hcpresentatlve Dwlght of New York, the republican whip, has been instructed to have all the majority members present on Thursday. This is taken to mean either that a cau cus will be held to adopt a plan with rc;jar to the consideration of the tar iff' bill for amendment or that a rule will be brought In .to shut ofT furthel general debate. The committee gnw some consid eration to the paragraph on coffee today. This and the paragraph af fecting crude petroleum, free hides, hilumlinous coal, lumber, and Iron on-. It i understood, will be opened for amendment by the proposed rule. May Go to Conference. The fate of lumber and hides In the proposed law probably will not be decided until the conference re ports on the bill have been approved by both the senate an house. The clashes on these schedules have o . curret largely between the "repreaen tattvs of the east and west and there is a prospect of the difference be coming bo sharp that the democrats from the southern states may deter mine the outcome. The supiMH ters of the protection on hides express hope of inducing tho senate committee to recommend the continuance of the Dlngley rates. The western senators on the committee (Continued on page two.) IF JEFF WON'T THEN COUTT MAY FIGHT THE BIG AUSTRALIAN rnderstanding Reached Be tween Big Negro and Dan dv Jim for Bout, POSTS HIS FORFEIT. (By Associated Prows.) CHICAGO, March 28. Unless James J. Jeffries gives Jack Johnson a definite answer within ten days as to whether he will fight, the negro champion will give James J. Corbctt a. choice for a bout, according to an announcement made today after a conference hewten Johnxon and Cor bett JiJHt before the champion left for New York. Corbctt arrived in Chicago in the morning and sought out Johnson. The two men agreed to fight, it is said. Johnson said he would post a temporary forfeit as soon as he reach ed New York and Corbctt said he al ready had $1,000 up with Al Smith of New York. Johnson displayed a cable from a Melbourne, Australia, syndicate, ask ing them to fight the night before the Melbourne cup day In November. The cable contained the caluse "we will meet Mcintosh's figures." IH. SMITH'S NEW CHAIH. CHARLOTK. N. C. March 28. Dr. ". Alphonso Smith, head of the de partment of Kngllsh at the Chlver slty of North Carolina, announced his acceptance of the call to the Univer sity of Virginia. WASHINGTON. March 28. Fore cast: North Carolina: Fair Monday nd,a.vsda.v; tnoderatt vorth winds. PREPARING PARTY IIPHDUP RECALCITRANTS THE CRAZY SNAKE GOES ON WARP A TH AFTER MANNER OF TRIBE Scenes of Indian Warfare in West, College Bred Son Forced to Confess. (By Associated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY. March 28. Chief "Crazy Snake" and one hundred followers retreated before five com panies of Oklahoma militia tonight, deferring an expected battle. Hastily setting Are to his tepees and tents the Indian leader with his mix ed company of Snake Creek Indians and negroes fled from their camp as tho troops advanced. They took up a strong position between the North Canadian river and Deep Fork creek, a In nit seven miles eaat of Hen ryetta. Colonel Hoffman, in command of the slate troops, decided It would be unwise to push the pursuit and en gage the Indians In the darkness. Ac cordingly he bivouacked for the night. Early tomorrow, reinforced by another company of cowboys, all crack shots, he will lead his forces against the Indians. "Crazy Snake" and his braves will have a chance to surrender. If they refuse the battle will be on, unless the red skins again retreat. Colonel Hoffman sent out numer ous scouts to watch the movements of the enemy. The militia officers believe, "'Crazy Snake" wants to reach the Tiger mountains with his followers before engaging In a general light. That the old chief Is striving to stir tho Creeks to an uprising and strike for what ihe conceives to be liberty, was evi dent from the smoke of three sig nal 11 res on Aja Hills just before sun down. Old time frontiersmen who In sist that they know what such things mean, declare that this is a sign which always ushers In Indian trou bles., liOiig Campaign on. Major Charles P. Barrett, In charge of the commissary, received hurry or ders tonight by courier, for supplies and additional ammunition. From this it is Inferred that the officers ex pect a long chase. Six men have been killed and a dozen more wounded since the tjrouhle began Thursday. This Is the official report but Dr. I. M. Wallace of Dus tin, Oklo., who went to the HLckory Hills with the troops today, declared more than twenty negroes and Ind Inns were killed Thursday and Satul day and were rudely buried, without cof fins. In the field where the troiips camped tonight. OPPONENTS OF CHILD LABOR IN THE SOUTH MEET IN CONFERENCE 0 ffi c a 1 Representatives From Eleven States Will Gather in New Orlaans. THREE DAYS SESSION (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS. March 28. In furtherance of what is believed will be one of the most Important move ments for the improvement of chjbl labor conditions in the South, official representatives fro meleven Southern states will meet in New Orleans to morrow afternoon for a conference to extend over a period of three day;. The gathering oix-nrs tin the in vitation of dovernur J. Y. Sanders of Louisiana, who recently asked the governors o ftwelve other states of the South to name delegates for a meet ing here which would have for its object the adoption or a more com prehensive and uniform scystem of child labor laws in the South, safe guarding both the welfare of youth ful laborers and the legitimate inter ests of tho employers. Those states which will be repre sented are Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mis souri. Tennessee. Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carotin. North Caro lina, Virginia and Louisiana. In addition to Governor Sanders, who will be called to preside over the mc-ting, governor of two other stales will be In attendance and make addresses. They are Governor Madley of Missouri, and Governor Noel of Mississippi. NEGRO MURDERER CAUGHT IN TOILS WASHINGTON. March 28. Jnlius Robertson, a negro, wanted in Dal las. Texas, for complicity In the mur der of Frank Welford, a Texas cot ton planter, on November 11. 1908. was arested In this city today. A re ward of ir.OO was offered for his cwp ture. Robertson admitted his Identity aaid gave a detailed story of the crliw. but denied that he fired the shot which killed Welford. Two other ne groes implicated in the murder were) captured some time ago. ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. ASHKVILLE, N. Five companies of Oklahoma mllltla marched tonight against Crazy Snake's lutnd. of Creek Indians, half breeds and negroes, entrenched In th Hickory Hills, seven miles from Hen ryettu. A battle Is regarded as inevitable, a. tho heavily armed troops set out either to capture nr exterminate the murderous hand, which since Thurs day has caused the death of six men, the wounding of many others, and brought alMiut a condition of terror, Leaving Ibnryetta at 3 o'clock with seven miles to go, and encum bered with arms anil euiiipment, it was expected the troops could not reach the Indians before 7 o'clock Crazy Snake's men number about two hundred, all armed with modern rifles and plentifully supplied with ammunition. They had prepared for two months for this final stand against lawful authority. They sent out word today thar they would fight to the death. crazy Snake's band strongly cn tr nched Itself early In the day and was reinforced from time to time. Son Strung Up. Cray Snake is In personal com mand. This was established by tes timony choked out of his college bred son by means of a moo new inch rope. Young llurjo, strung up by the deter mined deputies until nearly dead, gasped out that his father was In command; named the Indian who killed the deputies, told the officers how to trail the bond and did every thing which a stoical red man 1 sup posed not to do. This first real Indian uprising of years has held this region on edge for three days. It broke out last Thursday when several deputy sher iffs went to Henryetta to arrest ne gro cattle thieves. They were fired on by negro half breed friends and forced to retreat. Returning with ad ditional forces, they were fired on by the band, then augmented by some of Crazy Snake's Indians. Three negroes we're killed and live wound ed, according to the official reports, although It Is thought that many more Indians were wounded. This clnsh resulted in forty-one arrests. Marshal Edward Haum and Deputy Sheriff Herman Odom were the dep uties killed. (Con'lnusd on page two.) E; IN IS FRIGHTENED Of the two Boyles the Weak er Vessel Proves the Stronger in Jail. TRIAL BEGINS SOON (By Associated Press.) MKItCEK, Pa.. March 28. After a week intense with movement and ex citement, James H. Boyle and Mrs lioyle or McDermott or Thurston oi whatever her ri al ncme may be, havf had one real day of rest. While the woman spent the greater part of th( day nailing, the man indulged him ielf in the luxury of reading and smoking. Last evening he gave th sheriff money with which to purvhasf a quantity of tobies and those were dealt out to him at breakfast, din ner and supper. The In-llliant woman never lost hei nerve. She had lost her appetite, but today was well on the way to recov ery. The man had lost both nerve and appetite. This evening, how ever, he was in good condition, and talked or making a fight for his lib erty. McDermott, the retired fireman of Chicago, did not come here today for the purpose of seeing the woman h alleges answers the description of hit missing daughter, Anna. It is likeh arrangements will be completed to morrow morning for the hearing. The woman Is Indifferent to the proceedings, protesting her absolub innocence and her conviction that sh will Ix- acquitted. Boyle la rathe! nervous as to the hearing and wlshej it to be held here rather than at Sha ron. It is the opinion here that titer are three more accomplices to be ar rested, the report being that effort have been begun to locate them In this county as well as in Ohio. Form er Judge Samuel H. Miller probably will defend Boyle when his case comes to trial at the April session of court. As yet his woman companion ha secured no attorney. C MONDAY MORN1NO, I ooT.w.j WOMAN MURDERER I B6K BIDS CONDEMNED -illl SPOUSE FAREWELL GO V. FOLK FOR ESEES OAE GREAT REPUBLIC Discusses Public Affairs with Broad and Comprehensive Grasp--Is Delighted with Asheville and Its Climate. Many years ano I read a book en Itled "The Land of the Sky" and ver since I hav- been eager to come o Asheville." declared 1'orm.T (lnv rimr Joseph W. Folk of Missouri, is he sat in the palm room of tin Battery Park holel last night with Mrs. Folk. "I find It is all the lunik ilctured it and more." he declared. 'You have In re the linest climate 1 lave found anywhere In my travels md I hey have pretty well covered the United States " Governor Folk recelwd many call rs during the day and gave each the "icarty and cordial greeting that Is ypleal of the man. He and Mrs. Folk were entertained at luncheon by Mr. and Mrs Alf. S. Barnard and nfterward went for a drive with Mr. nd Mrs. Locke Craig. Today Oov rnor and Mrs. Folk will go for a lrlve through lllltmore escorted by a omm.Ittee of citizens, and Governor 'folk will be Ihe gueet or honor at n llnner given at Battery Park hotel 'onighl. Folk. Hie Mao. Governor folk's personality Im iressed Itself so strongly upon the v'hole countrv during his incumbency f the- governorship of Missouri that le Is proli.i li!.h one of the best known nen In the country today. Me is In ensely democratic, very nffalile, anil et there is nothing f Kin- airs and, nannerisms or the iwiliticlan about ilm. He impresses one most strongly is a lawyer u ho is a ib .-p thinker, vilh just enough ti-miTtneiit to ound and Hrii'iri down the rough corners of ite itahle logic. The nan. dctlires show ind earnest ind untouch' igo.. hl to' physically. Is what hlx him to lie. strong, v Irile Although yet young d by the first frost ot .u-thj w!h its (firm llmost straight line gives the (min-cs Ion of strength and determination-- f that force of character which could rave the danger of poiitii al deuJh n going almost single handed against he best organized lot nt grafters In he world, those of St. Louis. And yet here is a certain gentlenews of expres ilon in the i i.-rt of his chin, a flash f good fellowship In bis smile, and he quiet sparkle of a sens.- of humor n his eve. that show the broad hu--nan sympathy of the man His face s the face a student, rather than f a man of affairs and politician. But his n ill. finely formed hand ndicate th.it he has a touch of the irtlstlc timp-rament as well. But his inceritv and earnestness are the two haracteristo s that are most striking Hlx Colli leal Aspiration-. Since his term as governor expired ast January Governor Folk has re iimed his law prctb. hut most of he time his been Sent on the re tire platform His lecture tour has aken him practically all over the ountry. ami has enabled him to nake observations and to feel the lulae of the country. He evaded the tuestlon as to whether or not he Is candidate for any political office U present, hut did not deny that he 'ia higher political aspirations. When -ne of his callers expressed the desire i see him president, he did not put he sugri'stkm further from him thin n express his appreciation for the kindly sentiment. MAKCII 2i, 1JKI9. In his travels Governor Folk has made a discovery of great social sig nificance. He says he find's a greater resemblance Intween the people of New lOnxland and the people of the South titan between h" Inhabitants of any other two parts of the coun try. Is Not 1OOIUlllOIIK. Governor Folk Is singularly free from the disposition of most public men to put their Ideas Into print on the slightest provocation. ll talks little when tho other fellow Is will ing to do the talking, but when he does speak, what he says Is couched in short concise sentences and the meaning of them Is unmistakable. In the course of a conversation with n Cltl7.cn reHirter last night Governor Folk touched on many matters of public Interest and on each his ideas were clear and clean cut. There wan no hesitation In his expression, no doubt as to the mature thought he brought to any subhject. One of the most startling state ments mode In the course of the In terview was that the whole American continent must eventually become, one great republic under the government or the I'nlt.d States. As a reason ror this belief Governor Folk pointed to the great number of Americans who are pouring each year Into the gr;iln fields of Southern Canada and inlo 1he lumber regions near the Pa cific (oast. These emigrants from Hie i'nited States carry with them tloir innate love for American In stitutions, he says, and the- men wiio are blazing the way to the In dustrial development of Canada will iveiilually insist upon a union of the tu.i countries. This, he thinks, will brim; :ilu.t a. cluxh the Issue of which would le- the domination of the I'ni ted States. Governor Folk Is definitely and de cisively opposed to ppoti-ctlon. He characti rized a protective tariff as a form of graft in ills speech at Atlanta and enlarging upon the idea last night he declare, that the era. of a pro tective tariff whereby certain Indus tries get undue protection Is past As a. form of graft 'tho graft of the protected manufacturer upon the re.i-t of the nation, the protective tar iff is practically doomed he declared. This Is In line with the address which he will make here Tuesday night at the Auditorium on the subject of the ' ivra or Conscience" In which he will insist upon equal rights before the law, an1 the equal enforcement of the law. lie made his campaign for govern or on the platform of law enforce ment, he xaiil, and while he was gov ernor of Missouri, saw to It that the laws were enforced. In this connec tion he related an Instance which happened last summer when the "Joints" In the Kt Ijouis suburbs tried openly to dofy the Sunday closing law. After repeated warnings Gov Folk sent a company of artillery oat one Sunday ti certain lands belong ing to the state near these "joint." The company was ordered out for target practice but the dive keeper did not know this and there was a great scurrying among them to shut up shop on that Sunday, and for (Continued on pagw five.) i&nm Mrs. Farmer goes to Electric Chair Today Tor Killing Mrs. Brennan HUSBAND ALSO IS UNDER CONVICTION Goes to Her Death Catholic. May Make Public Statement. (Ily Awmh luted Press.) AITBUKN. N. Y., March 2 The current of evoMts tonight ami the Html hours of tho life of Mrs. Mary Farmer, who dies In the electric chair at sunrise tomorrow for the killing of Mrs. Siirash Brennan at Brownvllle, moved on relentlessly, though dra mntlcally. after nightfall in Auburn prison. Brought front the womun's prison chamber to the receiving cell In the condemned row, Mrs. Farmer bado farewell to her) husband and then was lodged In a coll that ad joins the execution chamber thero to await the call to the chnlr. James Farmer, the husband, who also Is under sentence of death for the killing of the Brennan woman, and whose case Is before the court of appeals, was taken to another part of the 'prison that he might not hear the tread of tho witnesses on their way to the room of execution or the march of hls wife to her death. The wretched woman tonight show ed no evidence, at coliapee though the last words between herself and hus band separated In their parting Inter view by heavy bars and an Impene trable screen, were affeutllig to the two woman attendants and tho cap tain of the guard. As the law does not permit it, there was no farewell umhrace when the time came for aep oration. After the steel door of her cell had been closed and James Farmer, weeping, had been led away, the woman fall upon her cot and wept for a few momenta and then began to pray. Tier attendunta did not tell her of tho death chair rn the next room. May Jlsko statement. Father J. J. Jitckey, pastor of the Holy Family Church, vlalted Mr Farmer today and prayed with her. The priest will administer tho last siu rament nnd offer prayer for the dying before the short march to the execution chamber. "Mrs. Farm will die a good Catholic." said Father Hlckey tonight, "and will go to her death bravely. It may lie, though I cannot say posi tively, that some statement will bo made by Mrs. Fanner to the public. If so it will not be given out unill after the execution." The prison buildings were ijutct and the prison yard was cast with dark shadows from the high walls tonight, when Mrs. Farmer, accompanied by the two women attendants, Dr. John Gerln, the prison iihyslclan. Father (Continued on page seven.) SHOWS GRIT IN WAY HE ENDED LIFE IN JAIL Negro Strangles Himself to Death by Means of Twist ed Handkerchief. (By Associated Press.) KKW VOIIK, Jlaroh 18. lames V'ango, a young negro, who, after his arrest in Chicago, confessed that he had murdered Isadora- De Valiant, night clerk In the Kastern hotel here, for the purpose or robbery, strangled nhnseir In his cell In th" Tombs pris on early today. Vango used a method lo encom pa;s his death which required almost Spartan courage, lie twisted a hand kerchief around bis neck, and after tlelng It securely, tightened It with a small piece of lead im iicII, which he used as a tourniquet, until It closed his wind pipe. Me I ru n threw him self un the cot, placed his hands un der his alHlomen, burled his face In the pillow and wailed for death. With the same pencil he had pre viously written two notes of farewell, one to hU wife ana- the other to De tective Jam cm Murphy, who captured him In Chicago To bis wife he wrote: "Dear wife: Death Is mil eternal sleep; why should I stay and suffer? Forgive me. Jim.'' Ills note to Detective Murphy was a practical admission of the crime of which he is charged. De Valiant was murdered early in the morning of March 15. The hotel had been rilled, De Valiant's watch and money were gone and the safe had been tampered with. Vango, who had been a porter In the hotel, disappeared about the time of the crime and was suspected. Detective Murphy found him In Chicago. Van ho confessed that he had planned the murder but said that the killing was done by two accomplices. . . Leased Wire Report Associated Press TRICE FIVE CENTS. IMPLICATE RUEF'S Officers Broko Into Offlcoof United Railways and Blew Open Safes CLAIM THEY FOUND WHAT THEY SOUGHT President Calhoun Watched Search and Declares the Warrant Bogus. (Ily AMHM'laUx! Pre.) HAN KKANCIHUO. March Fol lowing the urrenl yesterday of three United Hallruud oftleera and live oth er iH-mnna In connection with the alleged theft of 4ury Hats, fuund In the office of Patrick Calhoun, prea Ideul of the United railroad now on trial for alleged bribery, Frank J. Murphy, assistant counsel for Abra ham Hour, wm taken Into custody to day. Thm.c arrested are William Abbott, asslKtant general counsel fur th Uni ted street railway; Joseph II. Hnd lcn, claim agent for the railway com pany; Luther Brown, head of tho railroad detectives; Ilex N. Hamlin, private decretory to VVIIHam J. Hums; Al MeKlnley, alleged confidential ra ploye of the stiewt railroad! William M. Conliln, said to be a former agent for Keufi Jeremiah Von Warmer, railroad detective and T. A, Piatt, at tached to the district attorney' of ficii. " . t m Abbott and Murphy are charged with having received stolen good and all tho other with grand larceny,: Handlen, Brown, Abbott and Murphy were retcaeed on bul provided by an agent of Ihe railroad companies, Itmkn Open Kafc, From last night until tonight th office of Patrick Calhoun and hla legal start were In charge of Detec tive Hums' men, who were armed with n arttrch evnrrant laaued bjr Polle Judge Do any, calling for Pa pers alleged to have been stolen from the officii of the dlstrlo attorney, Tha aeeifch wa begun arte th ocou- punts, the attomle associated In the defanso of Calhoun, had refuted the detectives admission and the glaa door had been broken fn Th work of looking over th iapera found In the room wo finished tonight after the two anfe filled with paper had been forced open. Th searching was watched by Calhoun personally. "Thl search I made under' bo gus warrant and I dealgned only to permit them to look at our private paper," aald Calhoun tonight, : "Document found In Calhoun' of flee fully Justify our proceeding,'' said Detective Durn. "We wore looking for coplea of our record and paper In connection iwlth th vari ous cases and found what w sought. The confessions and th paper wt found are proof of the bribery of my men by the Calhoun Interests." Calhoun's trial wll enter on Its twelfth ..week tomorrow with six sworn juror anil five temporarily passed. I Tamilian Has No Intention of Uctiring from Active A flail. (By Associated Press) m;jU,INVAMK, fa!., March Zi. Of Kdward It HVflman tontenv plat Ihe retirement In the near future In- doea not Intend the fact shall be known prior to his return 'i (New York1. 11hc nvproviement In big physical condition to which In- calls the attention of each vtoltor has shortened the period of hi atajf on the Pacific coast and tonight hi special train was headed eastward, carry lug Mr. Hnrrlman and the mem", l i s of Hie original parly which In cludes bis daughter, hi physician and Mr and Mrs. Ooelct. When asked if he contemplated th tra offer of any of his duties and circs to u sjovernlng board com posed of his lieutenants, Mr, Harri nian said: -I no longer fay any attention lo p. ports of that character emanat ing Urom W!all street. You imay ; reca.ll 'that I have hercbojire re frained from affllrmlng or denying that particular statement, and I do not think there will be any learly . change In my attitude." f Mr. llairrlman repeated hi declar ation that his health was o seriously Impaired, and other member of th party, calling attention to. Ill re ported Increase In weight, now said to be 135 pound, several time af firmed that tve would return to Wall Htreet in better physical conditions titan ihe had been for a, long time. COUNSEL THEFT

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