THE WEATHER: FAIR ' VOL. XXV. NO. 206. SENATE AGREES TO DUTIABLE CLASS Party Linos Went to Pieces On Tariff of Twenty-Five Cents Per Ion BAILEY HAS REMEDY FOR STEEL TRUST Democrats Who Voted For Tariff Claim It Is Neces sary For Revenue (By AmocUted Press.) WASHINGTON. May 13. Senate summary: After a day devoted to discussing the duty on Iron ore, the senate, Just before adjournment adopt ed by a vote of SI to 25 the recom mendation of the committee on fi nance for a duty of twenty-five cents per ton on Iron ore. The house had placed that article on the free list while the present levies a duty on it of forty cents per ton. In taking this vote party lines were annihilated, as seventeen democrats voted "aye" with the republicans and twelve republi cans Voted "no" with the democrats. During; the day. Senator Hallcy, In announcing that ho proposed to vot- for the duty on Iron ore ns a revenue measure, declared that such action did not affect the prosperity of the United States Steel corporation and added that even If H did there was a better way to deal with that organization which was an enforcement of the anti-trust law against It. He declared that he expected to see this law en forced and he expressed confidence that eventually the officers of the Steel Corporation would either be In the penitentiary or fugitives from Jus tice. For the first time there was a suggestion looking to the fixing of a day for a vote, but It came to naught because of objection from Senator Beverldge. Don't Believe Schwab. Mr. Burrows In the debate of the tariff sill In the senate today made a speech on (yon ore as a source, of revenue- for the government. The present duty of 40 cent a ton, which the committee prpposed, to reduce to 25 cents, 'yields, 1e anld. a revenue of tlJS.OOO, which would be lost by pterins; Iron ore on the froo list as proposed by the house. Mr. Smith, (Michigan), emoting from Charles Schwab, sajd that wit ness has stated before the ways anil (Continued on page four.) OPENS BY RE-ELECTING ITS FORMER -OFFICERS Itepots of Subsidiary Organ izations Made Show Splen did Work Done. WHAT THE WOMKN DID IBy Associated. Press.) LOUVSV1L.LE, Ky., May 13. The first business which concerned the Southern Baptist convention, which opened, at the first regiment armory tonight, was the re-election of pract ically Its entire official roster. The officers Include: Joshua Lever ing!, Baltimore, president; Lansing Burrows, Tennessee, and Oliver F Oregory. Virginia, secretaries; Oeorge W. Norton, Kentucky, treasurer and V. P. Harvey. Kentucky, auditor. The huge armory has been quarter portioned with a canvas drop from its ceiling to the floor In order to provide a convention hall. In this space were seated upwards of 5,000 persons, of Whom 3,000 were delegates to the convention, when Mr. Lever ing opened it tonight. After the election. President V. Y Mullins of the Southern Theological Seminary of Knoxvllle. welcomed the. delegates in a iylef speech. John E. White of North Carolina, resnonded to the welcome and til ReV. Dr. E. C. Dsrgen of Macon, Oa.,1 preached the-nnenlne sermon After; routine business the convention ad journed until tomorrow. I. IT. 1. U. ElTi Officers. The Baptist Young People's ITnlon adopted unanimously the report oMhej nominating committee, electing thej following officers: W. W. Hamilton, j PUT IRON ORES IN Lynchburg. Va., president: . " Moorer, Oklahoma, first vic presi dent; R. H. Coleman, Texas, third vice president: L. P. Leaverall, Miss issippi, recording secretary; T. J. Watts, Kentucky, treasurer. State wlce president Include: R. Vandcven ter, Georgia: C. W. Duke. Florida: H. E. Gamhrell. Maryland: W. C Barrett, North Carolina; H. B. Hale. South Carollns. Women liaised Million. The Woman's Missionary Cnion re ported that during its twenty-one years of existence, without tnw aid of one "male creature" 11,849. 672,9s m i.l Liu i. .ri ri.i-i i ii-ii "i --i ontinued on page four.) THE HE IS DISCUSSED BY EPISCOPALIANS Prominent Ecclesiastics De fend Its Use by Ministers of The Church PHYSICIANS MUST BECOME CHRISTIANS Dr. Satlerlee Declares Tend enty of Emmanuel Move ment Is Godly Men (By AssiK'tated. Press.) BOSTON, May 13. An attempt by so-called radicals In the church to have members of the other denomlna tlnns Invited to deliver addresses was defeated today by the general com mittee In charge of the Episcopal church . congress, In session In thla city. The congress does not represent the Episcopal church In an official capacity, but the committee decided that to admit outside speakers might add to the tumult which arose from the passage of the "open pulpit amendment adopted by the last gen. eral convention. At tonight's session was discussed the subject of psycho therapy as em bodied in the eninianuel movement, a system of mental and spiritual heal ing originated by ltev. Dr. Elwood Worcester, of this city. The session was largely attended. Psycho therapy as an aid to pastoral work was defended hy ltev. Lyman P. Powell, of Northampton, Mass., and Rev. Dr. Samue l S. Marquis, of De troit, Dr. Thomas Darlington, heaMh officer of New York city and Rev. Dr. Charles I.. Slattrry, of Sprrngfield, Mass , formerly dean f the Cathedral of our Merciful Savior. Faribault. Minn., held dissenting opinions. .Mil lo Medicine. Rev. Mr. Powell said in ft ad dress: "The emmaniiel movement Is the first Intelligent and systematic effort to save psycho therapy to scientific medicine by placing the responsibility on the doctor for the determination of the times and Instances In which it Is to be applied, to save it from appropriation to the uses of schis matic cults by re-enforcing It with Continued on page four.) BT GRACE OE WATCHFUL PROVIDENCE CAME THE PHILIPPINES TO OS Mr. Payne Sees Hand of Al mighty in Taking Over of The Islands. PKOMISUS NOT! II NO. (Hy Associated Press.) WASIINK5TON. May 1 3 .Discus sion of the Philippine tariff hill was begun in the house today. Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee explained the neces sity for the bill, saying (hat the most important reason for the legislation grew out of the fact that the insulux government under the general tariff hill would he deprived of about J 1.000. 00 In revenue because of the free trade relations proposed to be established Iwtwc.-n th- Cnlted Slates tnd the PhPllippmcs. Therefore. II was necessary to provide for certain increases to supply this deficiency. 1I plying to a oueslioti by Mr. Rob inson of Ark.insas, Mr Payne declared he could not even prophesy the day when the Filipinos would be given self government. He declared th-it there were some communities In ihc Cnlted States who were not sufficient ly enlightened to govern themselves. Mr. Payne declared that inasmuch as the I'nited Stales had com- Into possesion of the Philippines they should properly h gislatc for them. "We are lifling these people up." iic said, "and I ho to see the day ivh' n they will re ngnixc the great le nelUs coming to them because in the Al mighty providence of Cod they have come over t. the cane ami custody of the American people." Mr. Robinson criticised what he termed the Infinite policy of the gov ernment toward the Filipinos and ex pressed the view- that the Filipinos were fully capable of self-government. "Is the negro capable of slf gov ernment:"' Mr. Payne Inquired. This rjnestlon nettled Mr, Robinson who asserted that th" negTo was ca pable of self government, but that he did not bcllew the negro was capa ble of governing the world. "And " he added, "I don't Intend he shall do ASHBVILLE CITIZEN. AS1LEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORN IXO, MAY WHITE PLAGUE IS Points to Records of New York to Show Fight Against It Is Losing TUBERCULOUS COWS ARE RESPONSIBLE National Association Discuss es, Ways And Means of Carrying en Struggle (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 13. That the vigorous campaign agaiust tubercu losis has failed to check the great) white plaguo was the startling charge made today by Nathan Straus, the New York philanthropist, at the firth annual meeting of (he national asso ciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis here today. Mr, Straus backed up his assertion hy official statistics from the New York health department show, ing an Increase of thirty-three per cent, in two years in cases of tuber culosis in the city, which Dr. Koch descilbed as leading the whole world In the fight against the disease. The reason for this failure to make headway, Mr. Straus di-clared. was the neglect of the mischief wrought by the tuberculosis dairy cow. Sev eral hundred delegates prominent Jn the antl-tuboreulosis campaign from all parts of the country were In at tendance. In his address Chairman Folkes, called attention to the progress of the tight against tuberculosis during the year and declared that one of thiti pressing needs now was for adequate hospital provision for consumptives 'n tbe Intermediate and advanced stages . Work HI MMIII1. The report of the executive secre tary showed a new membership of six hundred, making a total of 2,107. One lit the most striking advances made during the year was that thirty-four out of forty Btate legislatures have considered tuberculosis legislation. Reviewing tbe work ac- ompllshcd In the South, It was shown that the fight was carried on In Tennessee, Aliihamn, Florida at nil Oeorgla, and during tin tnlng year li Is planned to opera!'1 in the Carollnas, Mlsslss. (Continued on page four.) IS THE ENORMOUS FIRE LOSS OF THIS COUNTRY Per Capita Loss Far Ex ceeds That of Any Other Count rv in the World. PHKVKNTIVK MKASUKK (Hy Assis-latisl PrcH.) NEW YORK. May 13. Fifty fire insurance comtainies were representel by delegates at the forty-third an nual meeting of the National Hoard of Kite 1 'rule rw Titers which tbegan here today. A vigorous presentation of recorded fads concerning Ameri can lire losses was 1 ontributud to the proceedings of the first session hy J. Montgomery Mare, president of the Kire Underwriters, who quoted fig ures Indicating, as ho Interpreted them, that the annual destruction of American property values by fires was unlikely under present conditions jo Vop below the $200,000,000 a year mark The speaker said it had been es timated that the per capita loss in this country was from ten to thirty Limes greater than abroad and de clared that the agitation for reme dial measurs based on the discrep ancy thus shown had already had, considerable effect on municipal au thorities, stale legislatures and the general public. An appropriation of $6',. 000 was set asi'Ie for the' use ,f the committee on fire prevention. The retiring officers were re-elected. Trogress In the national Hoard's task of keeping down losses by fl'-'-s was reported by various committee j. deports covering practically all cli ps of mope than 20.000 popula'on showed a considerable Increase, last year in the fire losses wheH ' w eri $2.70 per capita during "the "past tw!v months as compared with $2.51 In the previous year. Slightly more than one-third of this amount was bs on buildings and the re malnder on contents. v ON INCREASE SAYS PHILANTHROPIST "The 1 KiTtl 1 r c2 y ' 'nim CHARLOTTE Closing Up the Details for Welcoming and .Entertaining the Thousands of Guests Who Will Flock to the Queen City Next Week To See the Sights. (Scclal to The Clllwn.) OHAIM.OTTB, N. C May 1.1.--With the near approach of the twen tieth of May celebration, which will be held In this city May 18, lth and 20th, Charlotte la completing all de tails for welcoming and entertaining the thousanda of vlsllors who will be her guest on thla historic event. Ho tel and boardlhg-nniise accommoda tions are being enlarged to such an extent that the enormous crowds will suffer no Inconvenience whatever In being entertained, This city boasts "f the best hotel facilities of any town In this section at the country. The several committees, who have In charge th celehratrnnnavsi about completed thehr work. The mammoth grand stand has been practically com pleted and the four large welcome arches on the principal streets of the city will be finished by the latter part of this week and within a few days the entire city will be decorated In flags, bunting and myriads of electric lights. One of the specially attractive features of the deer rations will be the display made on Independence sipiaro, Jn the business tenter of the city Sveral of the- I'nited Stales flags (there will be find used In all I will over this historic spot and strings of electric lights. numbering several thousand, will furnish a canopy nl night, giving the (feet of a huge um-paik. brella. j : .'l p. in. -Kxhlbllloti drill by the The I'nited Status troops, who have i c,. ,,ti,. e, eloale, drum corps In been ordered to r port here for the iront of He reviewing aland, celebration, will arrive In the i lly 7 :; m. Concert from the ro next Sunday night on Monday morn, 'view Ing standi hv Cnlted Slates l(eg Ing. and will be stationed at the fnir ho hIm! and Com ord Ymd Cllffsldo grounds. Diirlnu I be celebration the hands , will give dally exhibitions of Inf.'inlrv s.,10 (,. m. May mush- restlval at nnd cavalry drills without cost o tie- tb,. Auditorium. sightseers. ' i' to Ii4 d Mens' illuminate I The official program given Im - .parade Three earnlwil companies low of the twcntnth of Mnv eel, lyhiiic couiuiuou' m rfoina tlcen. BISHOP GALLOWAY IS A 1 i Business Susnondctl in Ciipital During the Day of. His Funeral. , JACKSON, Mi-. May 1.1. Hi Charles H. Oallow .v of the M'-th church, was hud to rest tod.n, funeral taking .l n from the 'o. idiKi I he Ill'M Methodist ( hue i The large e.Pi 011M not hold the vast concourse th,' assembled to pa v tribute, hundred "f members or 1 he Methodist 1 lcrg Ipon all parts of the state am! many tr-on adjoining stat' s came to attend t ' " obsequl'-s. th' ynung clergymen -ervlng as ni.hi'" pall-bearers and o" older members as honorary pall h ..rers. The prai er and scripture re iding service was conducted by W II Ijapsade, ,,r VP rldlan and Or. II M. Ilubo.c. All business wri suspended In Ja k son and the vaiiu depart merits of state, federal, lonely and municipal government.' were losed. WASHINOT' 'N. t C, May 13 Kori-cast: North Carolina: Fair Krl- dent m-tho.ls of agriculture pemre day and Saturday, light variable the war He predicted a great fu wlnds. lure for Jhe South. U, WX Most Unkindest Cut BUSY PREPARING FOR THE COMING OF PRESIDENT TAFT (ration, arranged by the centra) ex ecutive committee, will show that each of t In- three days of tills great occasion will be crowded with Inter cstlng. events. May IMili. First Day. 12 M ("hnrlotto llro companies ex hlbltlon and races, 3 p. in United States cavalry drill and military maneuvers. Concert by Cnlted States band nt the fair grounds. 4 30 p. m. League baseball game at League Hall park, 7 p. m Exhibition drill by Char lotte celebrated drum corps 111 front of the reviewing stand. s p. m. Concert from . reviewlM stand by the Cnlted Slates Regimental band and Concord and Cllffsldo hands. Three carnival companies giving con. I Inuous performances. .liny IIHIi. (Jovcrnor's Day. 1 . " 0 p ni Alhlelic moot at the lair grounds L'.:!0 p. in. Short address by Oov ernor W W. Kllehin. of North Caro lina, and by goxernors and lieutenant governors of other states at the fair rronndH. :i 10 p m - I'nited Slates cavalry drill and military itmucuvcra. Con- 11 lv lie t'niteil Slates Regimental band at lb -r' I1- m far grounds -Haseliiill at Lcuguo Hall STOP ORATORY Hi GET Kv t t liinu; l ;nl v for Leap Toward Prosperity Kays (treat Kaiload Man. fHy Ahm-IiiPiI Press.) WASHINGTON, May II - James .1 Mill tli- railioad in.'igiiat', called on 'l hill. Ill 'I'll ft fodllV lb exireKSi-f He- leluf that If the l.mff agitation AaM ' ot off short that If the oratori . a ! nl 1 a 01 in -fongi e. kiih shut 'iff. tbe I'un'rv would leglli .1 gr-at el a 0 piosp. fit'' at a n erlv date. : 'All ' .' are tinned on Washlnv- l il, -. .-.id Mr. Illll ' Some people ' si em 10 II1111I thai I gi.-.l.-illon wilt Ho tool e tie, set a broken Itmh. -lops Talk and agitation Washington, keej, .icople )n maki iliern forget their bus. iii'-ss and hot-' for Horn- legislative 'ire-all. Wlial w want Is lo have lb- l.ir.ff agitali'-n o r with ami let tFi (. -.j,!,- get bae 10 work arid aid the grat Alieeiw of progress to turn. n things will l.' gln to hurn I he "OK l-( eoo-l III all directions " iking "( Hi' possibilities of agr:' ultule In the West and the K'Hlth Mr Hill, who himself Is a farmer, owning one furrn of L'O.OOfl arnn and another of H.OfXr aid that these two ; 110ns are coming forward by leaps arid bounds. II- decided that the South Is struggling lo restore the soil hhh was exhausted by her improvl- of Ml ". May 80th, Protdik-nt's la 10 a, in. A salute of 21 guns hy the Charlotte artillery on arrival of the president's special train. Special com mittee to receive the president and Mrs. Taft at this Southern station and escort then to the Belwyn hotel, where they will be welcomed by Clovernor W, W. Kltchln, of North Carolina; Sana tors Simmons and Overman, and the mayor of Charlotte. 1 1 a. m. President and Mrs. Taft to receive roceptlon committee and all committeemen and their wives at (he rtelwyn hotel, 12 m. Old soldiers to escort presl dent and Mrs. TU and Mrs, Htonswall Jackson, too governor or the stats and the mayor of Chsrlotte and dla tlngulshed visitors to the reviewing stand to review grand parade, (iianil parade. i! ;i0 p. m May music festival at the Auditorium. .1 :io p. m. t'resldent Taft to ad dress the public from reviewing stand. 4 .10 p. in. United States cavalry drill and military maneuvers, concert by the United Stales Regimental I wild at I he fair grounds. 4 ,10 p m -le ague baseball game at league Mall park. r.10 p m. President Taft In ad dress especially the colored people and student at lllddle university. n p 111 Knhlhlllon drill by Char lotto celebrated drum corps In front of the reviewing stand 7 p m Concerts hy Cnl(ed Htaten llcglujautal and Concord and Cllffsldo bands. N p. 111. to !) HO (. rn. President and Mrs. Tafl to receive the public at large In the parlors of tbe Scjwyn hotel. in p 111 --May music festival at the Auditorium. Three carnival companies give eon I Inuous performances. FIDE INDICTMENTS ME IT Kstiinate.l That Jolm (!. Da vis Secured (Quarter Mil lion Dollars from Victims'. (Hv Aswalslcd Prens.) WASIIINOTON, May II. John C. Oavis and bis brother. Martin T Da vis, whose alleged pjet billable ' deal- 'n,g In high flnuri tiiiri': to an uti- llipl ' lose btSt Week With S delllge of complaints from resldcnta of this city. 'Alexandria. V'i , and other i-ltb-s, were 111. lb led by lb- grand Jury here lo tliiv The Indictments charge emhe -l-meiil and mlsapproprlatl-: of vast ums of money, forgery and the utter, ing of the forgeif papers and false pM lenses. I'lve trii- Mils charging -mlie,.e- m-iii an 1 two charging forgery and utterance wcr- returned against John C Davis 0 Krnheizlemetii from the Potomac Hulldlng and l,wui assocl-i Hon. of which he was secretary and treasurer and forgery, iir alleged against Martin T. Davis In addition 10 these, joint Indictments charge the brothers with forgery and falsa pra ctises. V. H Attorney Haker today estl- mated at 12(0.000 the total amount scoured by John Davis, from Invas for Mr Haker today made a statement exonerating Thomas A. OwatVi who was arrested on a charge of conspir acy with lh ttevls brother, nd fa based on 11,000 bond last Saturday. Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. VUIVI- FIVE CENTS. T OFFERED TO HON. THOMAS SETTLE? W a' 'nflton Advices Say That nothing Is on Cards For Aahevllle Lawyer CALLED AT WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY Gloom Lies Thick In The Haunts of The N. Car olina Machine BY TAV. WAHII1NOTON. May II Thera la a funeral gloom In (he haunts of the North Carolina republicans wan camped on the trail of the federal appolntmmnt which 'they failed lo land. The places that knew thera once, know them no more. Thsy have vanished, vamoosed and akwo ladled. Hefore they left soma of ts.a hotter spirits expressed themselves In rather fnee fashion when discussing' ihetr "throw down" from Hrothur Taft. They elmfaed thst Judse fV. nor's appointment was cut and dried niore tiiiin two moons back, and that while tiny, ihe raithful and tlralaaa members of the oKl machine, wvire doing stunts to and from the whlls bruise, the democratic senators from North Carolina WKro alread! pulling the wires for the appointment of Judge Connor's aucoessort Mr. Set tin Thera. A recent arrival at tha nations! capital Is the Hon. Thomas Battle of Ashevllle, N. C, who himself cut ftJ small figure n the recant conssst for the Judgeship. He was regarded as strong factor In the race, and It la staled hnra and there that had Ha lived In tine , Kastern district of tt. state, he would have been nominated by the prssident. Mr. Mettle stands high In favor at tna White house and, ss recently stated In m f my letters, he la in Una 'for a, oid" eiffloa, I have 11 on excellent authority that Mr, Settle was offerad diplomatic position abroad aoma weeks ago, bat . he d rdlned it for reaaohs best known to hlmsrdf. His present mission ft the capital Is not being heralded from th housetops. bu( It Is written en the cards that his visit (6 tha white house yesterday, and conference WltB President fllari, waa the result of another offer of a diplomatic position. It is thought, loo, that Mr. Hettle will at "cpt 11, if he has not already dona so . first (laaa Waco. t The exact spot of Mr. Kettle's futufS labors, should h accept the offer, hss not been ofllclally srrtoiimced, but that It Is a first class post In the min isterial service Is admitted, The re cent rotirems-nt of Richmond Pearson and -he appointment of a non-resl-dent I NorMi Carolina, leaves a good fat post for eomn Tar Heel, and it would naturally be on a par with tha position held for inmii years by IHch mond IV-arson. Mr. Settle left here today for Ashe vllle. C If. T. CROWD THREATENS TO RELEASE NINE ALLEGED LYNCHERS FROM JAIL Stale Ifanizeni by Demon- Ktifition of Force Uphold Nervy IMhI riet Judge. THIfKi; (JIVFW BAIL (Hy XswM-lalnd Premi.) TVI.KK. 'l-xas. May 13 Nine al leged participants In the recent lynch. Ing of Jim Hodge, a negro, w-ro held 10 await the action of the grand Jury bv Disiiici Judfe Hlmpson today, six v. Illiout the b-rtellt of ball Ifodge win iiiuler arrest In connection with an attempt to criminally asault e i ruing white woman when he was tak en frum the Jail and lynched, notwith standing the young woman had not Identified him Hlate rangers have been In atten. dance at Ihe hearing and their pres 1 m proved timely today. When the prisoners were being removed to tha county Jail, the'partv was followed bv a Jeer ing crowd, but with the draw ing of weapons on the part of th rangers the crowd quickly dispersed. Ijiter a large crowd congregated In the vicinity of Ihe Jail and it became necessary to flrn two shots Into th atr'ilo warn them away. Iwls Adams, Roes Ford nd Htor . ace Turner wore granted ball In the) sum of 15,000.. Thosa held without ball are: . . , H. V, I.lndley. Joe Matteson, lewla Francis. Horace Austin, Blrdo Pyro and Henry Hoybrook. DIPLOMATIC POS