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j ,.-. (re f - ;Tin? 7nATjn& ; FAIR f V II II Leased Wire Reports. Associated. Press VOL. XXV. NO. 162. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAKCII 31, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DAY OF GRAFTER IS HISTORY OF PAST SAYSEX-EOVFOLK Illustrious Son of Missouri Heard In Fine Lecture , At Auditorium CLOSE RACES THE FEATURE OF THE QTl PRIMARIES . - Fitzpatrick, Patterson and Hardin tVort, No Nomination in Sixth Ward Jones Leads. HE DISCUSSES "THE r ERA OP CONSCIENCE Prefaces His Speech By Pay ing CJowlno Tribute to V Ashevllle. A lw ' audience greeted former Governor Joseph W; Folk, of Mis souri, last" night at the Auditorium svtoere tie discussed "The Era of Con science." i Governor Folk, who la mi eloquent apeaker, waa in good voice and fie wee fieard in every -part of, t tuinng. , . The speeuer or the evening was Introduced y the Hon. Lock Craig who a glowing tribute to the forme governor He mid that Gov ernof: JTolkrw-a America,', foremost champion of reform, and he -we terror to grafter. Mr. Craig- eald that North Carolina was proud of the faet that Oovernor Folk's father was a North Carolinian, efid aha .was therefore proud of Missouri's illus trious sob. t'. i Oovernor JPoIk prefaced bis speech pey1n ft ' tribute to Ashevllle which he declared to We the fairest fwfco should be the nominees of the city he had seen In his travels. Her people, he said, were the soul of hospitality.- He wasrroud to state that some o the Tkod which flowed In his veins was the same as that which flowed In Mr, Craig's, and he looked' forward to the time when be would return to this state and greet "Governor' Craig." (Loud ap plause.) '" ' ," j. Oovernor, folk then launched Into the discussion of tils subject, saying: i "The Br of . onurtetK." It haa been your 1004 fortune 10 witness the birth of a new-epoch in our national tite, vhteh is how In process of development, There) have bengtatssHiriinsriBts slew . moral lines W y gone by, -but they were merely local, brought on by local eotMll (forts, which, died away with the causes that gave them birth. The vampires of graft 'would be driven a way to remain for a season, and then return after th storms of public In dignation had spent WieJr fury. Today! present a situation of higher promise MMMMAMNMIMMI ; Continued on page three.) " In the democratic primary or yes terday the following nominations were made: Mayor John C. Campbell. Alderman at large R. L. Fltxpa- trick. Alderman second ward W. R. I atterson. Alderman fourth ward J. E. Har din. Tax collector C. H. Bartlett Treasure!- J. B. Erwln. There waa no nomination for police justice nor for alderman from the Sixth ward, the respective leaders in these contests not Having a majority of the votes cast; and the executive committee which will meet tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock In the chair man's office will fix the date for a second - primary In which the voters will express their preferences between P. C., Cocke and 8. 0 Bernard, re spectively first and second In the race for policy lustlce, and between Joslah M- Jones and Klngaland Van Winkle, ,'Vho are flirat and' second In the con test for the place as alderman from the Sixth ward. Vote Was Light. These are the results of a primary in -which tit votes were east by dem ocrats between the hours of 2 and 8 o'clpekT yesterday evening to determine party lit the municipal election to be held Hay 4th. Keen Interest attach ed to the occasion, although the chilly wind discouraged large gatherings at the six polling; places and with the results In seevral cases absolutely In doubt at the closing of the polls uni versal interest was manifested In the official returns which were receid by Chairman Junius G. Adams and a large crowd in the 'police court room. In the course- of the afternoon H was generally conceded that J. E. Haj-dia had won in the contest for the ptace as" alderman from the fourth,, ward and W. R. Patterson as alderman from the second ward. nd It was surmised mat uapi. n. u. FKbpatrick had won' as alderman at large. This, however, was not indi cated by the earliest returns, which favored Mr. 8tikeleather and tneao also favored Mr. Van Winkle as al derman from, the sixth ward. Other precincts made changes, however, and before the third, which was the laet report because of a large vote, sent In Its figures It was coneeded that Fltapatrick'had won as alderman at had a plurality over Van. Winkle. Hardin's Victory. There was one race, however, in which the returns from first to last vers consistent, and that related to the place of alderman from the fourth ward, J. E. Hardin always showing big majority and this piling up as tiie wards with heavy votes made returns until It was certain that he easily led the ticket except as to places for which there wan but one candidate. Vhe verdict was accepted both as a compliment to Mr., Hardin and as a rebuke to the anonymous letter writ- The contest between the five cendl- Jates for police justice held the most t fat 'u r ,. v . . Continued on page Blx.) i 1 . 31 iinsi'ift iBaaasBsaBBesasapsaeaacaaBaaaseBBSSBtsah rasas 1 Jtie recent troubles In tle Balkans In wlik'h Bervi after taJnly protesting against the, encroaclinvents ht natghboM' anally has bees compelled to submit, have probably doomed the reign of King eter and his family. TJks Crown Priwe recently renounced hi surcomion bemnss of a grave scandal, and now it Is reportod that King Peter desires to abdicate In favor of his second son. . Tlie Servians meantime are iookinc for another ruler to place of the throne. In 1903 King Peter was railed to the tlu-one after tii anamination of King Alexander and Ms onsen by Hie officers of his army. King Peter's lowly dewnt, NaVlog eprung from a raoe of swlnclierds lis: always been Irritating to tlie arlMo-rallo Her rlana, The rw-apos of Uie Crown Prince 'have In. teflrffled tlieir ttetnt dlHlike nntll It seems almost oertala Uiat tltat Uie rrlgn of the House of Kara, georghlcto Is doomed. , t s ROOSEVELT ENJOYS SCENIC BEAUTIES OF THE WS ISLANDS Rer)orts of An Attempted Attack Upon Him Are h -.v Denied CrpjTi SOME SPECIMENS r (By Asaociated Press) PONT. PEL GADA, Island of Sao Miguel, The Axores, March 30. The steamship Hamburg, with former President Theodore Roosevelt aboard, arrived hero unexpectedly at 8 o'cloc't tnis morning. The vessel stopped Irlefly to give Mr. Roosevelt an op portunity of seeing the beautiful :enery of the Island with Its springs nd gardens. There was great ex citement among the people, all of whom were eager t obtain a glimpse of Mr. ttnosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt came ashore at ten o'clock In the morning. A targe crowd assembled at the dock and gave him an ovation.' He was greeted by Ed ward A. Creevy end William W. Nichols, rtpectlrely American con sat and Tics-consul at Miguel, with whom he' drove around Ponta Del Qada la an automobile. In this trip Mr. Roosevelt waa accompanied by the members of his party. The Ham burg si tamed oat of Ponta Del Oada at half port eleven o'clock this morn ing. Her next stepping place is Gi braltar where she Is due Thursday. On avlngi Horta yesterday Mr. Roosevelt was given an enthusiastic "d-off by' the English, German and Portuguese residents of Horta. While at Horta, the other members of the Roosevelt party went on a shooting expedition and got sixteen birds of five different species. LONDON, March . The corre spondent f the Reuter Telegram company declares In a despatch that 'he story of an assauK on Theodore fteeaevett On board the steamer Ham berg ia untrue. PARTS, March to. In a despatch received today - the correspondent of tie Haras Agency at Ponta Del Gada dealsa the story of 'an attack on Teodors Roosevelt on board the steamer Hamburg. . . PROPOSED RULES FOR REGULATION OF CHILD LABOR IN DIXIELAND Provisions of the Kentucky Law Are Endorsed by Conference CRAZY SNAKE ELUDES PALE FACES, .i AND TAKE REFUGE IN MOUNTAINS Is As Foxy As Sitting Bull, and Knows Old Indian Tricks; Reports of Casualties Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. .Seminoles Said To Be Ready To ri i Make Trouble NOT TO WORK NIGHTS NEW ORLEANS, March JO. The Southern child labor conference at its session here tonight adopted resolu tions embodying a humbr of Import ant recommendations for legislation on subject' of child labor In the South. The following are the recommenda tions in substance: The employment in factories of no child under the age of fourteen years. The employment In a mine or quar ry of no child under the age of six teen years. The employment of no child under the age of sfsrteen years In any gain ful occupation except agrlcutural and domestic service unless such child can read and write simple sentences In the English language. That no boy under the age of six teen nor girl under the age of eigh teen years, except In agricultural or domestic service be employed between the hours of 7 p. m., and t a. m. An eight hour day law for children under sixteen years of age and for all women. Employment under the certificate plan. The employment by the state or proper officials for the Inspection of all mines and factories, with the pow er to prosecute violations. Thorough sanitary and safety regu lations. Making the conference a perman ent organisation. In connection with the recommen dation for employment onder the cer tificate system, the provisions of the Kentucky law are endorsed and it Is further recommended that a law re quiring the registration of all births be adopted by every Southern state, to Insure a proper Issuance of certlfi- At the morning session of the con ference Oliver V. Lovejoy, of New York, general secretary of the child labor committee made an address in wblch be declared that the South wants capital, bet that capital must mnfortn ta reasonable statutes for the guarding of the welfare of cbil- (Iy Associated Press.) HICKORY CAM PI NO GROUNDS Okla., by Courier to Henryetta, Ok'.a., March 30. Crazy Snake, leader of the uprbing of his clan of negroes, half breeds and Indians of the Creek nation. Is reported still at large to night, although it is believed he will be captured soon. He is likened by those who know him to Sitting Bull In pelnt of Intelligence and determi nations and on hu death or capture the outcome of the present disturb ance rests. One hundred men of the first regi ment, Oklahoma Xatlonal Guard, and troops oi deputy ehfcrlfTs are scouring the hills and rlvtr bottoms for scores! of miles in every section. Colonel I possible, although Major Barrett and uiher officers left In charge at Cams Hickory, as this hamlet of tents has been narreit, preclct that there will be little shooting from this time on. The Use nf fatalities sines the trou ble began, reduced to a basis of con llrmed farU, Is not large, consisting of Deputies Odorr and Baum, who were killed In the performance of tnelr duties, and "Dick" Harnett, a negro, said to hove been the "inno cent bystander" of the uprising. De spite reports of clnxhes In which Crasy for fear that they might be Just as j flnake s followers Here laid low. Bar willing to 1ght as to listen to the hu- j nett's body la tlif only one which has rangue they hail Ctme to hear. j heen foi.iul, and it Is the belief of Danger "f Ambuscade. Indian Agents Baker and Farrer, and There Is now no mason to believe of militia orflcem that his w the only twenty four hours' rations and forty rounds of ammunition. During I he day five prisoners were brought tack, but none seemed of Im portance. Up to dHte, Including eler en men captured List night, more than forty Inalun and negroes have been placed l.i Jail. Many of them, com ing from a distance to attend a pow vow cal'ed by Crexy Snake to hear his repoct of hl mission to Washing ton during the winter, did not know there had been an uprising. They were -placed under restraint, however, Hoftman, who Is In command of the I that there will be t. general encoun- i loss sui ere i ny u-.o Indians tnus rr troops, set out In'heavy marching or-j ter with tne fugitives. Ambuscades . .ssv de rat day-break, each man carrying 1 In some force. In wever, are not Im- (Continued on page Six.) FOURTEEN ARE MISSING FROM BURNER STEAMER Was ThoygbtJThat All Had Escaped Until Investiga tion Was Made SERVIA ACCEPTS THE DICTATES OF POWER (By Associated Press.) HAVANA, March 30. Fourteen members of the crew of the Ham burg-American steamer Altenburg, which was burned here yesterday are missing, and it Is feared that they have perished. The Altenburg caught fire at the burning piers of the Ha vana Central railway and the flames spread so quickly that the officers and crew were forced to abandon the ship. It was supposed that all had gotten away safely. It was found today, how. ever, that fourteen were missing. These Include second officer Rudolf Horn, of Sensburg. East 'runfla. third engineer Carl Wlttkopp, of Stettin, the cook, steward, cabin boy, four white members of the crew and five St. Thomas negroes. The steamer was beached last night at Regla on the east side of the har bor. The fire Is still burning In the coal bunkers and cargo and , this makes a search for bodies Impossible. The steamer and cargo, which Is val ued at $200,000, are almost a total loss. MODJESKA. IMPROVING. (By Associated Press.) t A-viETi.rat Uaiwh so. .Mad ame Modjeska is Improving according to a staeement made Uxrajr by her physician. .. Austria-Hungary's Land Grabbing ia All Right and Will Make No Fuss (By AwwHiatod Press.) BELGRADE. March 30. The for mula agreed upon by the powers of Europe and Auntrla-HunKary for the settlement f the dispute between the d,ial monarchy ana ServJa wns accepted by the Servian government today. The formula wns presented at thd foreign offlete by the British. French. German. Russian and Italian ministers " - AMERICAN TROOPS ARE TD LFMJBI TODAY President Gomez in Felici tous Speech Thanks Com mander for Intervention KITCH N IKES AN ELABORATE PLEA FOR FREFLUMBFR Holds Forth for Over Three Hours Discussing Tariff Schedule WILL WORK NO HARM TO LUMBER INTERES Southern Manufacturers need Have no fear of Canadian or Mexican Imports. (By Associated Press.) , iWAHH'lfflOmON. 'March SO The legging Interest In the tariff discus sion wae made manifest today whan it was observed that but a dosen members were in their seat upon the convening o the house, and that for the most part were the ones eohed- ud to speak, "u.f Today's debate wae opened by Mr. Cox ef Ohio who pleaded for re- hictlon"ln the duties on sewing tna chinee, McjMee end toompUtlng scales. Referring to various witness' ee before the way And mean com mlttee. Mr. Cos aald: 'A proposition , tariff Inspires such m' luat tn Miln a A miiA hat thMB men come i-r end kewear ;thieJr souls down to the gates of hell In order to get a government license to rob the people." . i Speaking front the standpoint , of the former, Mr. : Hughe of Georgia contended that the bill wae unjust to hie Interest and laid a heavy burden upon vim. I9 deelartodj that th history of tariff legislation was "on continuous performance of tragedy ror tne farmers," They naa, he saui been given thle eold ehoulder rleht along. Thle wae especially so, lie aa serted. In the matter of agrloultuiu.1 Implements, ; z;.; .,; 4 . Klu hin for Free j Lumber, The d'emocratM platform wss right. 1nV demanding '. free--lumber: said Mr. Kitchln of North .Caeollna In opposing tie bill. .Free luniber, he argued, would not affect any ium br .Interest . In the gouth, because Eastern Canada had no timber' to compete with It In American hir- kHe, The great beneflctarl In the tariff on lumber, he said, were" the big syndicates -of etumpage holders In the northwest and on the Pacific coast. He . quoted from Urteaksr Reed, letters from Gilford , Plnchot, the chief forester, the American con sul hi IOawa, k'oniadfc 'nrf the American tumtwrman, the official or gan of the lumber manufacturers of the United Stales in proof of his statement. Mr. Kitchln let It be known that In his opinion the democrats of the South would tter not ask for pro. tectton on lumber. "They would do more for their eectlon," he aald, "If they would show the lumbermen down there that thb tariff is bogus ana doesn't help them at all, and doing that, we could get the lumber Interests of the Mouth to really rteform the tariir on everything they bur ana mat labor buys." VIENNA, March 30. The Internal situation In Servla belntc .watched here with anxiety. It la feaned the position of the KaraKeorKevlK-h dy nasty Is by no means secure ii i "I ! S ' - V WASHINGTON.' March 30. Fore cast for North Carolina: Fair Wed nesday and Thursday; llgbt to mod erate aorta winds, - HAVANA, March 30. Major Gen eral Thor"o If. Barry, commander of the army of i-aelfK-atlon, accompan ied by his Maff, the American minis ter. Edwin V. Morgan, and the Amer ican ronmil get eral, J. L. Rogers, vls-It.-d the p' lace tliU afternoon to In form President Gomez officially of the departure on Apt II 1 of the last con tingent of Amerlcnn soldiers and bid a cordial farewell to the, president. President Gomes said: "It Is pleas ing to me to ex knowledge the great aptitudes and nua 'lies ef the army of pacification undVr your command, which haa brought to a happy con clusion Its honorable mission In watching over our country In the dlf llcult days now happily past and In maintaining and rc affirming the moat friendly r.irtlons with our people In whose name I aw ure you your efforts hove been crowned with the most 'Uttering suocens I pray you, gen eral, to exp-es to your valiant sol durs the extn mc gratitude and ad miration wnlch the government and the people of Cuba have for them " At' 11 o'clock tomorrow the garri son flag, which has Coated over Camp Culunrbia fclnce October 10 will be ! hauled down In the presrnce of ths troops, who wilt later go aboard the transports Puninrr and Mcdslian. These will nil - early the following morning for thfr Uijlted atatea. - (Continued on page gfc.) SENATE WILL REDUCE TARIFF PROPOSEOfN THE PAYNE BILL ON COFFEE Export Duty Levied by Bra zil Cannot Be Changed, Make Tariff too High SYNDICATE HAS GAME WASHINGTON, March 30 Recog nlslng that Brazil Is powerless to sus pend her export tax on coffee because for the next several years at least this tax Is Indlssolubly linked with her foreign debt the senate committee on It nance today decided to strike out of the Payne bill the countervallng duty proposed. Members of the com mlttee said today that If the Payne provision la adopted, In effect It will place a duty on coffee imported from Brazil equal to the export tax assess ed by that country and that the con sumer would be compelled to pay the difference In cost. Incidentally the senate committee Is seeking Information about the alleged 4imericaii syndicate credited with hav ing four million bags of coffee In storage to be held for a rise In price. which It Is believed would Inevitably follow the passage of the Payne bill In Its present form. A member of he committee said tonight that no fortunes would be made by the mem bers of such a syndicate at the ex pense of the American breakfast table if the committee on finance can pre vent it, It Is said that there are In terest now in Washington promot ing the movement for duty on oof- fee, or, falling in that, the retention at the countervallng duty. , TAFT INTIMATES ELIOT IS SLATED Fl IRAFilSSADOR Ii At Dinner Given ' In Honor of; Harvards' President makes ; ; Significant Statement '! WAS OLD FASHIONED COLLEGE BOYS. SPREAD With Rollicking Songs Which President Joined with Great Enthusiasm. - ' V . "Lit t1 . f (lly Associated Press.) . . ... WASHINGTON, March 3 8. Presi dent Tmf t' speaking at a dinner' ten dered to President Charlee, W. JBllot of Harvard Unlveitlty. In thle city to. night' announced fey . direct Inference that Dr. Eliot had been tendered and wae considering the appointment of Ambassador to Great Britain. Sena- 1 tor Hoot, of New Tork, had Indicated the eelectlcn of Dr, Eliot earlier In the evening, and President Tuft made the announcement stronger by declar ing he Indorsed all Diet. Senator Hoot hud said, .v . ; Mr. Hoot declared, that, "before kuhal.UM. W.iHaivli f IT ll.at , .hall , stand we will know our great repent lln, in all Its good qualltlee la repre sented by a true American gentle? man." ' , ' .. President Taft wa greete with a rodslng chorus of "here'e to good old Yale, - drink then idowitr and: emh nine reverberating Harvard : "rah." Or. allot ad . earlier . reoelvedi an ovation. i .'if -c'i-' ri- i-t . The, dinner had .iDsclded daeh of college spirit end rollicking Hongs and parodlew abounded. - One of these, a paraphrase of "Mr,- Dooley" wa addressed to Dr. W, H. Wiley, the pure food expert of the depart ment of agriculture, caught the- fancy ef President Taft ami te joined In the" chorus of "Dr, WHey" wfth rer geod-hmor,( ' t ne guest ineiueea iwtnator IaiM, Postmaster Ooneral lUtchcock and Secretory of the JJavy Meyer. ' ' " Senator Root paid graceful eloquent trftiu,to the retiring Ilar-i vrd, president.. , t (v pay High Tribute.. i -. In concluding he dsclaredt "Should It so, befall Dr. Bllot to be accredited aa the American ambassador to one of the great court of Europe, before whatever monarch he shall f stand, there we shall know our great re public In all the good qualKlee of truth ana sincerity of nature, In all its piou ideal and aepiratona i la' represented by a man, an. American,, gentleman, a scholar, a aage, Indeed." resident Tart In his speech devoted' hmaelf entirely to an eulogy of Dri Eliot and the Ideal of education and" the fostering of the university aplrlt . -.LI.L , . A "It is a great pleasure to be with you," began President Taft after hie health had been pledged In a standing toast, "and especially to claim the right to be here as a Harvard alum nus." Theprsident reoelved a doe tor's degree In law from Harvard three year ago, , i ' SUFFRAGETTES RUSH NTRANCE TO OF THE RUDE tisk Lives Under Feet of Poliee who Charge Down Upon Them t TO THY AGAIN TODAYi (By Associated Press.) LONDON. March 30 The militant suffragists mads another attempt to raid the house of common In search for Premier Asqulth this afternoon but were quickly scattered by a de tachment of mounted policemen.. A deputation of twenty-eeven represen tatives of the largest cities of Eng land marched out from Caxton hall and made their way In the direction of Westminster. ' The premier already had made nown his refusal to eee the, deputes tlon and the police expecting the com' ing of the women, were In Parliament square In large force. ' The deputation found all the en' trances to parliament barred and in spite of the courage they displayed In risking being trampled under the feet of th pollcemen'e horses, their combined rushes to reach an entrance were abortive. The police began removing1 the more determined of the attacker to the lock-op and altogether about a dozen women were taken Into custody. -None of the better known leader took part In today raid. - . The women arrested will be charged with assaulting the polloe, as , they used their flats and umbrella to ' belabor the officer. i r - The suffragists tonight notified Pre mier Asquitb by letter that another deputation, would call at the bouse of common tomorrow n.